Religion and Spirituality
نماز
/ namaz /
noun · daily prayer
Meaning
معنی۱
From Middle Persian namāč ("worship, bowing"), of Indo-Iranian origin, same root as Sanskrit namas ("to bow"). The Persian word predates Islam and was adopted to describe the Islamic ritual, replacing the Arabic صلاة (salât). Iran's pre-Islamic Zoroastrian community already had a daily prayer practice; the Persian word continued. The five daily prayers are: صبح (sobh), ظهر (zohr), عصر (asr), مغرب (maghreb), and عشا (eshâ).
In a sentence
مثالنماز خواندن
namâz khândan
to perform the prayer (literally to read namâz)
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
نمازخوان
namâz-khân
one who prays the daily prayers
نماز جمعه
namâz-e jom'e
Friday congregational prayer
قبله
qeble
the direction of prayer (toward Mecca)
وضو
vozu
ablution before prayer
اذان
azân
call to prayer
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
نمازnamaz
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