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English
Noun
asham (uncountable)
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
Anagrams
Hausa
Etymology
From Kanuri ashâm (“fasting during Ramadan”), from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm).
Pronunciation
Noun
asham m
- (Islam) tarawih (extra prayers at night during Ramadan)
Ojibwe
Verb
asham (changed conjunct form eshamaad, reduplicated form ayasham)
- feed
Indaga naa asham a'awe.- You'd better feed him.
- serve food to
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