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taʿănīt תַּעֲנִית ‘fasting’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʿānā עָנָה ‘be occupied / to afflict’

taʿănīt n, f
1) humiliation (by fasting), ascetic practice of fasting

Mentioned in Ezra 9:5

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