namaz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

"Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz."
"He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’"

Derived from Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

namaaz (alternative)

namazi

offer namaz

salat

Questions

What does namaz mean?

Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).

Where does namaz come from?

Derived from Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

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