مسجد

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, to bow down), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mas.d͡ʒid/
    • (Egyptian) IPA(key): /mas.ɡid/

Noun

مَسْجِد (masjid) m (plural مَسَاجِد (masājid))

  1. (Islam) mosque
    مَسْجِد جَامِع (masjid jāmiʿ)central mosque, great mosque

Declension

Derived terms

  • اَلْمَسْجِد اَلْحَرَام (al-masjid al-ḥarām)the Holy Mosque (in Mecca)
  • اَلْمَسْجِد اَلْأَقْصَى (al-masjid al-ʾaqṣā)Al-Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem’s Temple Square)
  • اَلْمَسْجِدَان (al-masjidān)the Two Mosques (of Mecca and Medina)

Descendants

(sketchy)

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), سجد”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

Noun

مسجد (Rumi spelling masjid, plural مسجد-مسجد or مسجد۲, informal first-person possessive مسجدکو, informal second-person possessive مسجدمو, third-person possessive مسجدڽ)

  1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Synonyms

  • جامع / jamik
  • سوراو / surau (smaller, less role)
  • لڠݢر / langgar (smaller, less role)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Dari Persian مسجد
Iranian Persian مسجد
Tajiki Persian масҷид (masjid)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæsˈdʒed̪/

Noun

مسجد (masjed) (plural مساجد (masâjed) or مسجدها (masjed-hâ))

  1. mosque

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Noun

مسجد (masjid) m (Hindi spelling मस्जिद)

  1. mosque
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