Chagatai

edit

Etymology

edit

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

edit

نماز (namaz)

  1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
  • Uzbek:
    Latin script: namoz
    Cyrillic script: намоз

Further reading

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

Ottoman Turkish

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نماز (namāz, prayer), from Middle Persian 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 (namāz), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *námah.

Noun

edit

نماز (namâz) (definite accusative نمازی (namâzı), plural نمازلر (namâzlar))

  1. prayer, orison, precation, an act of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity
    Synonym: دعا (duʼâ)
  2. (Islam) salat, namaz, the obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day
    Synonym: صلات (salat)

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit

Further reading

edit

Pahari-Potwari

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz).

Pronunciation

edit

IPA(key): /nə.mɑːz/

Noun

edit

نَماز (namāzf

  1. (Islam) salat, prayer

Persian

edit
 
Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

edit

Inherited 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

edit
 

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

Noun

edit
Dari نماز
Iranian Persian
Tajik намоз

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

  1. regular, prescribed prayer; (Islam) salat
    نماز جمعهnamâz-e jom'eFriday prayers

Usage notes

edit
  • Prayers that are not fixed by religious law are called دعا (do'â).
edit

Descendants

edit

References

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

Urdu

edit
 
Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ur

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi نماز (namāz).[1] Doublet of نَمَسْتے (namaste).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

نَماز (namāzf (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

  1. (Islam) salat, prayer (worship)
    Synonym: صَلات (salāt)
  2. (figuratively) devotion, idolization

Declension

edit
Declension of نماز
singular plural
direct نَماز (namāz) نَمازیں (namāzẽ)
oblique نَماز (namāz) نَمازوں (namāzõ)
vocative نَماز (namāz) نَمازو (namāzo)
edit

References

edit
  1. ^ نماز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

edit