Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarawih

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tarawih
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَاوِيح (tarāwīḥ).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: تَرَاوِيح, ر و ح

Inflected Forms

tarawihs (plural) taraweeh (alternative)

Questions

What does tarawih mean?: An extra prayer performed by Sunni Muslims at night in the month of Ramadan.
Where does tarawih come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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