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"word": "buka puasa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "berbuka"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"Brunei"
],
"word": "sungkai (Sarawak)"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"lang_code": "ms",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "iftar"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "eftâr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "افطار"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "iftár",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ифта́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iftar"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "futari"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "iftar"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"lang_code": "tg",
"roman": "iftor",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ифтор"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "iftar"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"lang_code": "ur",
"roman": "iftār",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "افطار"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"lang_code": "ug",
"roman": "iptar",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ئىپتار"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"lang_code": "uz",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "iftor"
}
],
"word": "iftar"
}
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