نماز

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Chagatai

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

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نماز (namaz)

  1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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Dari نماز
Iranian Persian
Tajik намоз

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

  1. prayer
    نماز جمعهnamâz-e jom'eFriday prayers
  2. (Islam) salat

Inflection

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    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)
[Term?]
(namâzet)
نماز‌هایت
(namâz-hấyat)
نماز‌هات، نمازات
(namâzất)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”)
نمازش
(namâzaš)
[Term?]
(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.
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Descendants

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References

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

Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَماز (namāzf (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

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

Declension

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

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

Further reading

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