نماز

Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز (namaz)

1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Derived terms

• جاىنماز (jāynamāz, “prayer mat”)
• نماز اوتاماک (namāz ötämäk, “to pray”)

 

Descendants

• Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
• Uzbek:

  Latin script: namoz

  Cyrillic script: намоз

Further reading

• Schluessel, Eric (2018) “نماز”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[1], Michigan Publishing, page 198

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز • (namâz)

1. (Islam) prayer

Descendants

• Turkish: namaz
  • → Albanian: namaz
  • → Crimean Tatar: namaz
  • → Polish: namaz
  • → Romanian: namaz
  • → Russian: нама́з (namáz)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz／на̀ма̄з

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نماز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2106

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (OSGDE /⁠namāz⁠/, “reverence, prostration, prayer”) / 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), from Proto-Iranian *námah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“to bow, prostrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos (“(place of) sacrifice, worship”). Compare Sanskrit नमस् (namas), Ancient Greek νέμος (némos), Latin nemus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈmɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ́z]

Readings
Classical reading?	namāz
Dari reading?	namāz
Iranian reading?	namâz
Tajik reading?	namoz

Noun

Dari	نماز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	намоз

نماز • (namâz) (plural نمازها (namâz-hâ))

1. prayer

   نماز جمعه ― namâz-e jom'e ― Friday prayers

2. (Islam) salat

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of نماز (namâz) (Iranian Persian)

Basic forms of نماز (namâz) singular plural bare نماز (namâz) نماز‌ها (namâz-hấ) نمازا △ (namâzấ) definitive direct object نماز را (namâz râ) نماز رو △ (namâzo) نماز‌ها را (namâz-hấ râ) نمازا رو △ (namâzấ ro) ezâfe نماز (namâz-e) نماز‌های (namâz-hấ-ye) نمازای △ (namâzấ-ye) marked indefinite or relative definite نمازی (namâz-i) نماز‌هایی (namâzấn-i, namâz-hấ-i) نمازایی △ (namâzấi) △ Colloquial.     Possessive forms of نماز (namâz) singular plural 1st person singular (“my”) نمازم (namâzam) نماز‌هایم (namâz-hấyam) نماز‌هام، نمازام △ (namâzấm) 2nd person singular (“your”) نمازت (namâzat) [Term?] △ (namâzet) نماز‌هایت (namâz-hấyat) نماز‌هات، نمازات △ (namâzất) 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) نمازش (namâzaš) [Term?] △ (namâzeš) نماز‌هایش (namâz-hấyaš) نماز‌هاش، نمازاش △ (namâzấš) 1st plural (“our”) نمازمان (namâzemân) نمازمون △ (namâzemun) نماز‌هایمان (namâz-hấyemân) نماز‌هامون، نمازامون △ (namâzấmun) 2nd plural (“your”) نمازتان (namâzetân) نمازتون △ (namâzetun) نماز‌هایتان (namâz-hấyetân) نماز‌هاتون، نمازاتون △ (namâzấtun) 3rd plural (“their”) نمازشان (namâzešân) نمازشون △ (namâzešun) نماز‌هایشان (namâz-hấyešân) نماز‌هاشون، نمازاشون △ (namâzấšun) △ Colloquial.

Related terms

• نماز خواندن (namâz xândan)
• نماز بردن (namâz bordan)
• جای نماز (jây namâz, “Prayer Mat”, Noun)

Descendants

• → Assamese: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Azerbaijani: namaz
• → Bashkir: намаҙ (namaź)
• → Bengali: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Mandarin: 乃瑪子／乃玛子 (nǎimǎzi)
• → Georgian: ნამაზი (namazi)
• → Gujarati: નમાજ (namāj), નમાઝ (namājh), નિમાજ (nimāj)
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: नमाज़ (namāz)
  • Urdu: نماز (namāz)
• → Judeo-Tat: нумаз (numaz), нимаз (nimaz) ("synagogue")
• → Kazakh: намаз (namaz)
• → Middle Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
  • Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz)
  • Turkish: namaz
    • → Albanian: namaz
    • → Crimean Tatar: namaz
    • → Polish: namaz
    • → Romanian: namaz
    • → Russian: нама́з (namáz)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz／на̀ма̄з
• → Punjabi: نماز (namāz)
• → Rajasthani: निमाज (nimāj)
• → Sindhi: نماز (namāz)
• → Tatar: намаз (namaz)
• → Thai: ละหมาด (lá-màat), นมาซ
• → Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
• → Uzbek: namoz

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “namāz”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.mɑːz/

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• (Europe, Overseas) IPA^(key): /nɪ.mɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: نَ‧ماز

Noun

نَماز • (namāz) f (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

1. (Islam) salat, prayer (worship)

   Synonym: صَلات (ṣalāt)

2. (figuratively) devotion, idolization
3. (Sufism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of نماز
	singular	plural
direct	نماز (namāz)	نمازیں (namāzẽ)
oblique	نماز (namāz)	نمازوں (namāzõ)
vocative	نماز (namāz)	نمازو (namāzo)

Related terms

• نماز پڑھنا (namāz paṛhna, “to pray”)
• نماز ادا کرنا (namāz ada karnā, “to pray”)
• نمازی (namāzī, “prayerful, devout”)
• نماز گاہ (namāz-gāh, “prayer room”)
• جا نماز (jā-namāz, “prayer mat, prayer rug”)
• جائے نماز (jā-e-namāz, “prayer mat, prayer rug”)

Further reading

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