(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tavah; hunger (as twisting) -- fasting.
see HEBREW tavah
H2908. tevath
טְוָת adverb fastingly, hungrily (Syriac id.; PS1465; on etymology compare SchulthHom. Wurz. 32 f.; on adverb force of f. term. תָ֯, see Nö§ 155 A, M 201 WCG 135; and compare רַבַּת Psalm 124:3); — Daniel 6:18.