单词 | iftar |
释义 | Iftarn. Islam. The breaking of the fast, after sunset, during Ramadan; the meal eaten at this time. Cf. suhoor n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > Muslim > [noun] > Ramadan > feast concluding Eid-al-Fitr1823 Iftar1832 1832 J. Sharīf Qanoon-e-Islam xxiii. 255 In the evening, before the Mugrib..prayer season they breakfast; this meal is termed Iftar. 1858 Times 25 May 10/5 The iftar, or breakfast, is already laid out in every house, and now the town is sunk in silence for a short time. 1891 Temple Bar July 403 The servants and slaves flocked into an adjoining apartment, where they and the children took their iftar with less of forks and more of fingers than their mistresses. 1915 H. G. Dwight Constantinople vii. 247 During the lenten month of Ramazan she provides iftar, the sunset breakfast of the day, for any who choose to come to her door. 1965 N.Y. Times 25 Dec. 3/5 In the waning minutes of daylight, there is a great rush of traffic, cars, buses, trolleys, carts, donkeys and people racing home for Iftar. 2002 ‘Salam Pax’ Jrnl. 27 Nov. in Clandestine Diary Ordinary Iraqi (2003) 45 Have to run. It is Iftar time and I am starving. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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