wuzu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (vuzu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːzuː/

Noun

wuzu (uncountable)

1. (Islam) Alternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”)
   • 1885: So they ceased to urge her; and the trader rose from amongst them and repaired to an out house to perform Wuzu ablution, and he purposed thereafter to return and to tell them his secret and to die. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1