صیام

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صِيَام (ṣiyām).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ˈjaːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɑ́ːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [si.jɑ́ːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ́ːm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɒ́ːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.jɔ́m]

Readings
Classical reading^?	siyām
Dari reading^?	siyām
Iranian reading^?	siyâm
Tajik reading^?	siyom

Noun

صیام • (siyâm)

(literary) fast (period of abstinence)
Synonyms: روزه (ruze), صوم (sowm)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “صیام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim