Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suhur

/səˈhuːɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: suhur
IPA: /səˈhuːɹ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَحُور (saḥūr) or سُحُور (suḥūr), ultimately from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn, predawn”)

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: سَحُور, سَحَر, س ح ر

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sahoor (alternative) sahur (alternative) sehar (alternative) sohur (alternative) suhoor (alternative)

Synonyms

sahari

Questions

How do you pronounce suhur?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈhuːɹ/.
What does suhur mean?: A pre-dawn breakfast during the Ramadan fasting.
Where does suhur come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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