نماز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian نماز‎ (namâz).

Noun

نماز • (namâz)

1. (Islam) prayer

Further reading

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

Persian

Dari	نماز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	намоз (namoz)

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): /namɑːz/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /namɑːz/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /næmɒːz/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /namɔz/

Noun

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)

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

All borrowed

• Assamese: নামাজ (namaz)
• Azerbaijani: namaz / نماز‎
• Bashkir: намаҙ (namað)
• Bengali: নামাজ (namaz)
• Chinese: 乃玛子 / 乃瑪子／乃玛子 / 乃玛子 (naimazi)
• Georgian: ნამაზი (namazi)
• Gujarati: નમાજ (namāj)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: नमाज़ (namāz)
  • Urdu: نماز‎ (namāz)
• Kazakh: намаз (namaz)
• Middle Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
  • Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
• Ottoman Turkish: نماز‎ (namâz)
  • Crimean Tatar: namaz
  • Russian: нама́з (namáz)
  • Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz / на̀ма̄з
  • Turkish: namaz
• 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/
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: نَ‧ماز

Noun

نَماز • (namāz) f (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

1. (Islam) prayer

   Synonym: صَلات‎ (ṣalāt)

Declension

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

References

• “نماز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نماز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.