iftar
/ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/
iftar noun: the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water.
Noun
iftar (countable and uncountable, plural iftars)
- The evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water.
- Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.
- On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying food and drink for that evening’s iftar meal, a small group of men from sub-Saharan Africa gathered near a stall selling phone accessories.2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian
iftar meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati
iftar in Hindi
- Translations
- इफ़्तार iftār, इफतार iphtār, इफतारी iphtārī
iftar in Urdu
- Translations
- افطار iftār
iftar in Bengali
- Translations
- ইফতার iphtar, এফতার ephtar, ইছতার ichtar
iftar in Gujarati
- Translations
- ઇફતાર iphatār
More languagesFewer languages
- iftar in Odia
- ଇଫତାର iphatāra
- iftar in Arabic
- إِفْطَار ʔifṭār
- iftar in Malay
- buka puasa, berbuka, iftar
- iftar in Indonesian
- iftar, buka puasa
- iftar in Persian
- افطار eftâr
- Kashmiri
- اِفطیٛار iftyār
Forms of iftar
| plural | iftars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | iftaar |
Origin of iftar
Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).
Words formed from iftar
Words that rhyme with iftar
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
Questions about iftar
- What does iftar mean?
- Iftar means the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan, traditionally beginning with dates and water.
- What is iftar in Hindi?
- Iftar in Hindi is इफ़्तार (iftār), इफतार (iphtār), इफतारी (iphtārī). See Iftar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is iftar?
- Iftar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce iftar?
- Iftar is pronounced /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of iftar?
- The plural of iftar is iftars.
Words near iftar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: iftar (page history and authors); ଇଫତାର (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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