Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jumu'ah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: ju-mu'ah
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[T]here was a reasonably priced foot of land from which the raindbow could be seen at night every third jum'a in the month of Rabbi-ul-aker."
"Then, […] the wind carried to his nostrils from the fires of the troops camped in the valley the desert tang of a camel-dung fire, and with it the plangent cry of a soldier-muezzin calling his saddle-weary brothers to a belated Jumuah."

Etymology

From Arabic جمعة (jumuʕa), as in الجمعة (al-jumuʕa).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: جمعة, ج م ع

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Jumma (alternative) jum'ah (alternative) jummah (alternative) Jumu'a (alternative) Jumuah (alternative)

Questions

What does jumu'ah mean?: The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.
Where does jumu'ah come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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