sujud

English

Alternative forms

• sajdah
• sujood

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd).

Noun

sujud (plural sujuds)

1. (Islam) prostration
   • 2014, Sayyid Moustafa Al-Qazwini, Discovering Islam:

     Then, the person should stand up and repeat the same process (e.g. recite the first chapter of the Quran; recite another chapter of the Quran, bow, and do the two sujuds).

Synonyms

• sajdah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sujud, from Arabic سُجُود (sujūd), سَجَدَ (sajada, “to prostrate oneself, to bow down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsud͡ʒʊt̚/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒʊt, -ʊt, -t
• Hyphenation: su‧jud

Noun

sujud (plural sujud-sujud, first-person possessive sujudku, second-person possessive sujudmu, third-person possessive sujudnya)

1. prostration
   1. The act or condition of prostrating oneself (lying flat), as a sign of humility
   2. (Islam) prostration to God facing the qiblah, usually done in salah

Derived terms

• bersujud
• tersujud

 

• sujud sahwi
• sujud syukur
• sujud tilawah

 

Further reading

• “sujud” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.