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suhur

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈhuːɹ/
  • /səˈhʊɹ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sahari

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr) or سُحُور (suḥūr), ultimately from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn, predawn”)

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: syfyr — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Arabic: سحور (saḥūr) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Azerbaijani: sahur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Azerbaijani: obaşdanlıq — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Banjarese: sahur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Baskhort: сәхәр (səxər) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Bengali: সেহরী (sehri) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Croatian: sehur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Dagbani: saɣila — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Gujarati: સરગી (sargī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Hausa: sàhûr̃ — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Hindi: सहरी (sahrī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Indonesian: sahur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Japanese: サフール — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Japanese: スフール — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Javanese: ꦱꦲꦸꦂ (sahur) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Kurdish: پارشێو (parşêw) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Malay: sahur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Minangkabau: makan parak siang — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Minangkabau: makan kukuak ayam — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Persian: سحری (saharī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Punjabi: ਸਹਿਰੀ (sahirī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Punjabi: سَحَری (saḥarī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Russian: сухур (suxur) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Somali: suxuur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Sundanese: saur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Swahili: daku — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Tagalog: suhur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Tausug: sahul — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Turkish: sahur — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Urdu: سَحَری (saharī) — predawn meal before Islamic fasting
  • Uzbek: saharlik — predawn meal before Islamic fasting