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saum

saum noun: fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam.

Noun

saum

  1. fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
  2. A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.

Forms of saum

alternative formsawm

Origin of saum

Borrowed from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting”).

Words formed from saum

Questions about saum

What does saum mean?
Saum means fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam.
What part of speech is saum?
Saum is a noun.

Words near saum in the dictionary

  1. Saulter
  2. Saulters
  3. Saulteur
  4. Saulteurs
  5. saults
  6. saum
  7. Saumarez
  8. Saumarez Ponds
  9. Saumitra
  10. Saumur
  11. Saumurs

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