musala

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Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan), from صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mu‧sa‧la

Noun

musala (first-person possessive musalaku, second-person possessive musalamu, third-person possessive musalanya)

  1. (Islam) musalla: A place for praying (e.g. outside a mosque); a praying room.
    Synonyms: langgar, surau
  2. (Islam) prayer rug
    Synonym: sajadah

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Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मुसल (musala, “pestle”)

Noun

musala m or n

  1. pestle[1][2]
  2. club (weapon)[1][2]
  3. crowbar[2]

Declension

Declension table of "musala" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)musalomusalā
Accusative (second)musalaṃmusale
Instrumental (third)musalenamusalehi or musalebhi
Dative (fourth)musalassa or musalāya or musalatthaṃmusalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)musalasmā or musalamhā or musalāmusalehi or musalebhi
Genitive (sixth)musalassamusalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)musalasmiṃ or musalamhi or musalemusalesu
Vocative (calling)musalamusalā

Some of these forms are different when the gender is neuter:

Declension table of "musala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)musalaṃmusalāni
Accusative (second)musalaṃmusalāni
Vocative (calling)musalamusalāni

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 252.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “musala”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan).

Pronunciation

Noun

musala

  1. a mat
    mene de ti deto di musala ― this is my grandmother's mat

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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