aawẹ
Yoruba
Etymology
From Contraction of àrìwẹ̀, ultimately from àrì (“without”) + wẹ̀ (“to shower, to bathe”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /àà.wɛ̀/
Noun
ààwẹ̀
- religious fast
Derived terms
- ààwẹ̀ Kìrìsìtẹ́nì (“Christian fasting (usually for Lent)”)
- ààwẹ̀ Mùsùlùmí (“Muslim fasting for Ramadan”)
- gbààwẹ̀ (“to fast”)
- oúnjẹ ìtúnu-ààwẹ̀ (“iftar”)
- Ọdún ìtúnu ààwẹ̀ (“Eid-al-Fitr”)