By surface analysis , fast -ing
fasting
present participle and gerund of fast fasting (countable and uncountable plural fastings
Abstinence or mortification for religious reasons, especially abstinence from food .
1834 L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon] , Francesca Carrara. [ … ] , volume III, London: Richard Bentley , [ … ] Henry Colburn ), →OCLC pages 269–270 :Long vigils—fastings that wore away the strength of day—prayers that banished sleep from night—hoarded vengeance, that, like a fire, consumed its abode—affections crushed to the very earth—a memory whose love was with the grave,—a faith that had coloured itself with mortal passion,—all these had pressed too heavily on the springs of life and thought;...
1904 H. G. Wells , The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth :Immediately after that affair Lady Wondershoot, casting about for exemplary additions to the abuse and fastings she had inflicted, issued a Ukase. She issued it first to her butler, and very suddenly, so that she made him jump.
Abstinence from food , limiting caloric intake , for medical or health reasons , dieting .
1967 November 17, United States Navy Medical News Letter , volume 50 , number 10 , page 13 :an obese patient while he was undergoing fasting for weight reduction
act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food
Acehnese: puasa
Albanian: agjërim (sq) m kreshmë (sq) f
Arabic: صَوْم m ( ṣawm ) , صِيَام m ( ṣiyām )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: צומא
Syriac: ܨܰܘܡܳܐ
Armenian: պաս (hy) ( pas ) , ծոմ (hy) ( com ) , պահք (hy) ( pahkʻ )
Assamese: লঘোন ( loghün )
Azerbaijani: oruc (az)
Basque: barau
Belarusian: пост m ( post ) , галада́нне n ( haladánnje )
Bengali: উপবাস (bn) ( upobaś ) , উপোস (bn) ( upōs ) , রোজাদারী ( rōjadari ) , রোজা (bn) ( rōja ) , সিয়াম (bn) ( śiẏam )
Bhojpuri: उपास ( upās )
Breton: yun (br) m
Bulgarian: пост (bg) m ( post )
Catalan: dejuni (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禁 きん 食 しょく (zh) ( jìnshí ) , 齋戒 さいかい ／ 斋戒 (zh) ( zhāijiè )
Czech: půst (cs) m
Dalmatian: dezun
Danish: faste (da) c
Dutch: vasten (nl) n
Estonian: paast
Faroese: føsta f
Finnish: paasto (fi) , paastoaminen (fi)
French: jeûne (fr) m
Friulian: dizun m diğun m
Galician: xaxún (gl) , xexún (gl)
Georgian: მარხვა ( marxva )
German: Fasten (de) n
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌵𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌴𐌹 f ( lausqiþrei )
Greek: νηστεία (el) f ( nisteía )
Ancient: νηστεία f ( nēsteía )
Gujarati: ઉપવાસ m ( upavās ) , અપવાસ m ( apavās ) , અનશન n ( anaśan ) , લાંઘણ (gu) f ( lā̃ghaṇ ) , અનાહાર m ( anāhār ) , ફાકો m ( phāko ) , રોજો m ( rojo )
Hebrew: צוֹם (he) m ( tsom ) , תַּעֲנִית (he) f ( ta'anít )
Hindi: उपवास (hi) ( upvās ) , व्रत (hi) m ( vrat ) , रोज़ा m ( rozā )
Hungarian: böjtölés (hu)
Icelandic: fasta (is) f
Indonesian: puasa (id)
Irish: troscadh m
Italian: digiuno (it) m
Japanese: 断食 だんじき (ja) ( だんじき, danjiki ) , 絶食 ぜっしょく (ja) ( ぜっしょく, zesshoku )
Kabuverdianu: djudjum
Kalmyk: мацг ( matsg )
Kashmiri: فاقہٕ ( fāqụ ) , ورَٛتھ روزٕ ( rōzụ ) , وۄپَس ( vọpas )
Kazakh: ораза ( oraza )
Korean: 단식(斷食 だんじき ( dansik )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆژوو ( rojû )
Northern Kurdish: rojî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: орозо (ky) ( orozo )
Latin: iēiūnium (la) n
Latvian: gavēšana f gavēnis m
Lithuanian: pasninkas m
Macedonian: пост m ( post )
Malagasy: fifadin-kanina
Malay: puasa (ms)
Malayalam: നോമ്പ് (ml) ( nōmpŭ ) , ഉപവാസം (ml) ( upavāsaṁ )
Marathi: उपवास m ( upvās )
Middle Persian: [script needed] ( lwck' /rōzag/ ) , [script needed] ( rwck /rōzag/ ) ( Manichaean )
Mòcheno: vòst f
Norwegian: faste (no) m
Old Galician-Portuguese: astẽença jajũu
Oromo: sooma
Ottoman Turkish: اوروج ( oruc )
Persian: روزه (fa) ( ruze )
Polish: post (pl) m poszczenie (pl) n
Portuguese: jejum (pt) m
Romanian: post (ro) n ajun (ro) n
Russian: пост (ru) m ( post ) , голода́ние (ru) n ( golodánije )
Sanskrit: उपवास (sa) m ( upavāsa )
Sardinian: dejunu deunu deunzu diunzu diugnu geunu giaunu giunu zeunu giaugnu zaunzu
Scottish Gaelic: trasg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пост m
Roman: post (sh) m
Sicilian: dijunu (scn) , dajunu (scn)
Slovak: pôst m
Slovene: post (sl) m
Somali: soon
Spanish: ayuno (es) m
Swahili: funga (sw)
Swedish: fasta (sv) c
Tajik: рӯза ( rüza )
Tamil: உண்ணாவிரதம் (ta) ( uṇṇāviratam )
Tatar: ураза (tt) ( uraza )
Telugu: ఉపవాసము (te) ( upavāsamu ) , పస్తు (te) ( pastu )
Thai: การอดอาหาร ( gaan òt aahăan )
Turkish: oruç (tr)
Udi: цӏум ( c̣um )
Ukrainian: піст m ( pist ) , голодува́ння n ( holoduvánnja )
Uzbek: roʻza
Venetan: zun dizun dezun
Vietnamese: nhịn ăn kiêng ăn
Walloon: djune (wa) f
period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food
Albanian:
Gheg: ninimi njinimi
Tosk: agjërimi (sq)
Arabic: صَوْم m ( ṣawm ) , صِيَام m ( ṣiyām )
Aramaic:
Hebrew: צומא
Syriac: ܨܰܘܡܳܐ
Armenian: պաս (hy) ( pas ) , ծոմ (hy) ( com ) , պահք (hy) ( pahkʻ )
Azerbaijani: oruc (az)
Basque: baraualdi
Belarusian: пост m ( post ) , галада́нне n ( haladánnje )
Bengali: উপবাস (bn) ( upobaś ) , উপোস (bn) ( upōs ) , রোজা (bn) ( rōja )
Breton: yun (br) m
Bulgarian: пост (bg) m ( post )
Catalan: dia dejunat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禁 きん 食 しょく (zh) ( jìnshí ) , 齋戒 さいかい ／ 斋戒 (zh) ( zhāijiè )
Czech: půst (cs) m
Danish: faste (da) c
Dutch: vasten (nl) m
Esperanto: fasto
Estonian: paast
Faroese: føsta f
Finnish: paasto (fi)
French: jeûne (fr) m
Galician: xaxún (gl) m
Georgian: მარხვა ( marxva )
German: Fastenzeit (de) f
Greek: νηστεία (el) f ( nisteía )
Ancient: νηστεία f ( nēsteía )
Hebrew: צוֹם (he) m ( tsom ) , תַּעֲנִית (he) f ( ta'anít )
Hindi: उपवास (hi) ( upvās ) , व्रत (hi) m ( vrat ) , रोज़ा m ( rozā )
Hungarian: böjt (hu)
Icelandic: fasta (is) f
Indonesian: puasa (id)
Irish: troscadh m céalacan m
Italian: digiuno (it) m
Japanese: 断食 だんじき (ja) ( だんじき, danjiki ) , 絶食 ぜっしょく (ja) ( ぜっしょく, zesshoku )
Kabuverdianu: djudjum
Kalmyk: мацг ( matsg )
Kashmiri: فاقہٕ ( fāqụ ) ,ورَٛتھ روزٕ ( rōzụ ) ,وۄپَس ( vọpas )
Kazakh: ашығу ( aşyğu )
Korean: 단식(斷食 だんじき ( dansik )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆژوو ( rojû )
Northern Kurdish: rojî (ku) f
Latin: iēiūnium (la) n
Latvian: gavēnis m
Lithuanian: pasninkas m gavėnia f
Macedonian: пост m ( post )
Malagasy: fifadinkanina
Malay: puasa (ms)
Mòcheno: vòst f
Mongolian: харуу (mn) ( xaruu )
Norwegian: faste (no) m
Ottoman Turkish: اوروج ( oruç )
Persian: روزه (fa) ( ruze )
Polish: post (pl) m
Portuguese: jejum (pt) m
Romanian: post (ro)
Russian: пост (ru) m ( post ) , голода́ние (ru) n ( golodánije )
Scottish Gaelic: trasg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пост m
Roman: post (sh) m
Slovak: pôst m
Slovene: post (sl) m
Spanish: ayuno (es) m
Swahili: funga (sw) , saumu (sw)
Swedish: fastetid (sv) c
Tagalog: ayuno
Tajik: рӯза ( rüza )
Thai: การอด (th) ( kaan òt )
Tibetan: ཟས་གཅོད ( zas gcod )
Turkish: oruç (tr)
Udi: цӏум ( c̣um )
Ukrainian: піст m ( pist ) , голодува́ння n ( holoduvánnja )
Vietnamese: nhịn ăn kiêng ăn
Walloon: djune (wa) f
Welsh: ympryd m
Yiddish: תּענית m ( tones )
Translations to be checked