Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic سَجْدَة (sajda).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səd͡ʒ.d̪ɑ(ː)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: سَج‧دَہ

Noun edit

سَجْدَہ (sajdam (Hindi spelling सजदा)

  1. prostration
  2. (Islam) sujud, a single act of prostration
  3. (Qur'an) the name of the 32nd chapter of the Qur'an
  4. (figuratively) prayer

Declension edit

Declension of سجدہ
singular plural
direct سجدہ (sajdah) سجدے (sajde)
oblique سجدے (sajde) سجدوں (sajdõ)
vocative سجدے (sajde) سجدو (sajdo)

Further reading edit

  • سجدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سجدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سجدہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.