# iftar
## English
### Alternative forms

* iftaar

### Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪfˈtɑː(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

### Noun

iftar (countable and uncountable, plural iftars)
* (Islam) The evening meal (of dates) that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.
    Iftars can be social events, where people congregate to eat and socialize.
** 2023 March 30, Simon Speakman Cordall, “Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing”, in The Guardian‎: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.

#### Derived terms

* grand iftar

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* afrit, fitra, frati, ftira, traif

## Albanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish افطار (iftar), from Arabic إفطار (ʔifṭār).

### Noun

iftar m
* (Islam) iftar, the evening meal that breaks each day's fast during Ramadan.

## Malay
### Etymology

From Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Malaysia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ar

### Noun

iftar (plural iftar-iftar, informal 1st possessive iftarku, 2nd possessive iftarmu, 3rd possessive iftarnya)
* (Islam) The evening meal or dinner that marks the end of the daily fast on Ramadan.

#### Synonyms

* buka puasa

#### Antonyms

* sahur (“pre-fast breakfast”)
* imsak (“start of the daily Ramadan fast”)

### Further reading

* “iftar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

iftar class IX (plural iftar class X)
* iftar

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār, “breaking of fasting”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔifˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪfˈt̪aɾ]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ʔipˈtaɾ/ [ʔɪpˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: if‧tar

### Noun

iftár (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔ᜆᜇ᜔) (Islam)
* iftar

#### Derived terms

* mag-iftar
* pag-iftar

#### Related terms

* Eid'l Fitr

#### See also

* Ramadan

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish افطار (iftar), from Arabic إِفْطَار (ʔifṭār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ifˈtaɾ/
* Hyphenation: if‧tar

### Noun

iftar (definite accusative iftarı, plural iftarlar)
* (Islam) breaking of fasting
* (Islam) iftar time
* (Islam) iftar
    iftara çağırmak ― to invite for iftar

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
iftar
iftarlar
definite accusative
iftarı
iftarları
dative
iftara
iftarlara
locative
iftarda
iftarlarda
ablative
iftardan
iftarlardan
genitive
iftarın
iftarların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarım
iftarlarım
2nd singular
iftarın
iftarların
3rd singular
iftarı
iftarları
1st plural
iftarımız
iftarlarımız
2nd plural
iftarınız
iftarlarınız
3rd plural
iftarları
iftarları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarımı
iftarlarımı
2nd singular
iftarını
iftarlarını
3rd singular
iftarını
iftarlarını
1st plural
iftarımızı
iftarlarımızı
2nd plural
iftarınızı
iftarlarınızı
3rd plural
iftarlarını
iftarlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarıma
iftarlarıma
2nd singular
iftarına
iftarlarına
3rd singular
iftarına
iftarlarına
1st plural
iftarımıza
iftarlarımıza
2nd plural
iftarınıza
iftarlarınıza
3rd plural
iftarlarına
iftarlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarımda
iftarlarımda
2nd singular
iftarında
iftarlarında
3rd singular
iftarında
iftarlarında
1st plural
iftarımızda
iftarlarımızda
2nd plural
iftarınızda
iftarlarınızda
3rd plural
iftarlarında
iftarlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarımdan
iftarlarımdan
2nd singular
iftarından
iftarlarından
3rd singular
iftarından
iftarlarından
1st plural
iftarımızdan
iftarlarımızdan
2nd plural
iftarınızdan
iftarlarınızdan
3rd plural
iftarlarından
iftarlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
iftarımın
iftarlarımın
2nd singular
iftarının
iftarlarının
3rd singular
iftarının
iftarlarının
1st plural
iftarımızın
iftarlarımızın
2nd plural
iftarınızın
iftarlarınızın
3rd plural
iftarlarının
iftarlarının :

#### Derived terms

* iftar etmek
* iftar sofrası
* iftar tabağı
* iftar topu
* iftar vakti
* iftar yemeği
* iftar zamanı
* iftarlık

#### Related terms

* iftariye

### Further reading

* “iftar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu