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نماز

نماز

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

نماز (namâz)

  1. (Islam) prayer

Persian

Dari نماز
Iranian Persian نماز
Tajik намоз (namoz)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (namāč, namāz, reverence, prostration, prayer) / 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *namas- (to bow, prostrate). Compare Sanskrit नमस् (namas).

Pronunciation

Noun

نماز (namâz) (plural نمازها (namâz-hâ))

  1. prayer
    نماز جمعهnamâz-e jom'e ― Friday prayers
  2. (Islam) salat

Inflection

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Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “namāz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian نماز (namâz).

Noun

نماز (namāz) f (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

  1. salat
  2. prayer