SAWM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sawm mean? 

• SAWM (noun)
  The noun SAWM has 1 sense:

1. the third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

  Familiarity information: SAWM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAWM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The third pillar of Islam is fasting (primarily during the month of Ramadan); Muslims abstain from food and drink and gambling and all sensuous pleasures from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("sawm" is a kind of...):

abstinence (act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite)

pillar of Islam ((Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims)