نماز

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Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز (namaz)

  1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Derived terms

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, Michigan Publishing, page 198

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز • (namâz)

  1. (Islam) prayer

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

 

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)
△
(namâzet) 		نماز‌هایت
(namâz-hấyat)
نماز‌هات، نمازات △
(namâzất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”) 		نمازش
(namâzaš)
△
(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

Descendants

References

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

Urdu

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.mɑːz/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • (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

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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نماز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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