"namaz" meaning in English

See namaz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ota|نماز|tr=namâz}} Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz), {{cog|tr|namaz}} Turkish namaz, {{der|en|ur|نماز|tr=namāz}} Urdu نماز (namāz), {{der|en|fa-cls|نماز|tr=namāz}} Classical Persian نماز (namāz) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} namaz (uncountable)
  1. (Islam, South Asia) Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”). Wikipedia link: namaz Tags: South-Asia, uncountable Categories (topical): Islam Synonyms: salat [synonym, synonym-of], namaaz Derived forms: namazi (english: slang term), offer namaz (english: to observe the Islamic prayers)

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for namaz meaning in English (2.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "namaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish namaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ur",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namāz"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu نماز (namāz)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namāz"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian نماز (namāz)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "namaz (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bangladeshi English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Asian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Islam",
          "orig": "en:Islam",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "slang term",
          "word": "namazi"
        },
        {
          "english": "to observe the Islamic prayers",
          "word": "offer namaz"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 228",
          "text": "Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157",
          "text": "He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-namaz-en-noun-8jxVyL8j",
      "links": [
        [
          "salat",
          "salat#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Islam, South Asia) Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "Islamic prayer",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "salat"
        },
        {
          "word": "namaaz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "namaz"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "namaz"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "slang term",
      "word": "namazi"
    },
    {
      "english": "to observe the Islamic prayers",
      "word": "offer namaz"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namâz"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "namaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish namaz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ur",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namāz"
      },
      "expansion": "Urdu نماز (namāz)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "نماز",
        "tr": "namāz"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian نماز (namāz)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "namaz (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bangladeshi English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "English terms derived from Urdu",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "South Asian English",
        "en:Islam"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 228",
          "text": "Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157",
          "text": "He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salat",
          "salat#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Islam, South Asia) Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "Islamic prayer",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "salat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Asia",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Islam",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "namaz"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "namaaz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "namaz"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.