namaz

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz), Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Persian نماز (namâz).

Noun

namaz (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) Islamic prayer; salat.
    • 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin 2004, p. 228:
      Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 157:
      He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’

Translations

Anagrams


Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic намаз
Roman namaz
Perso-Arabic نماز

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑˈmɑz]

Noun

namaz (definite accusative namazı, plural namazlar)

  1. (Islam) salat

Declension


Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian نماز (namâz)

Noun

namaz

  1. (Islam) prayer

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz), from Persian نماز (namâz).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎmaːz/
  • Hyphenation: na‧maz

Noun

nàmāz m (Cyrillic spelling на̀ма̄з)

  1. (Islam) salat
  2. (by extension) prayer
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From the verb nàmazati (to smear over).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nǎːmaz/
  • Hyphenation: na‧maz

Noun

námaz m (Cyrillic spelling на́маз)

  1. coat (of paint)
  2. spread (form of food designed to be spread onto a slice of bread etc.)
Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz), from Persian نماز (namâz). Related to Sanskrit नमस् (namas) (whence namaste), Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), Latin nemus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɑmɑz]
  • Hyphenation: na‧maz

Noun

namaz (definite accusative namazı, plural namazlar)

  1. salat
    namaz kılmakto perform a salat

Declension

Inflection
Nominative namaz
Definite accusative namazı
Singular Plural
Nominative namaz namazlar
Definite accusative namazı namazları
Dative namaza namazlara
Locative namazda namazlarda
Ablative namazdan namazlardan
Genitive namazın namazların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular namazım namazlarım
2nd singular namazın namazların
3rd singular namazı namazları
1st plural namazımız namazlarımız
2nd plural namazınız namazlarınız
3rd plural namazları namazları
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