Where does “সিয়াম” come from?

সিয়াম (Bengali) comes from Arabic صيام, from Arabic صَامَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

সিয়াম (Bengali): fasting, fast; sawm

Definitions

  1. fasting, fast; sawm

Ancestry of “সিয়াম”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicصيامverbal noun of صَامَ
2Arabicصَامَto abstain
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →