fajr

English

Alternative forms

• fadjr

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr, “dawn”).

Noun

fajr (uncountable)

1. (Islam) the first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.
   • 2019, John Lanchester, Capital, Faber and Faber (2013), page 406:

     Excuse me, brother, but would you mind regularising your fajr schedule.

Synonyms

• dawn prayer
• subuh (Malaysia)

Translations

dawn prayer

• Albanian: namazi i sabahut, namazi i mëngjesit
• Arabic: صَلَاة اَلْفَجْر f (ṣalāt al-fajr), فَجْر m (fajr), صُبْح (ar) m (ṣubḥ)
• Azerbaijani: sübh namazı
• Bengali: ফজর (bn) (phojor)
• Chechen: ӏуьйр-ламаз (ˀüür-lamaz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 晨禮 / 晨礼 (chénlǐ), 邦达 (bāngdá), 邦答 (bāngdá)

• French: fajr (fr)
• German: Fadschr n, Morgengebet (de) n
• Gujarati: ફજર (gu) f (phajar), ફજરની નમાજ f (phajarnī namāj), સવારની નમાજ f (savārnī namāj)
• Hausa: asubahi, asuba
• Hindi: फ़जर (fajar)
• Hungarian: fadzsr
• Indonesian: fajar (id), salat subuh
• Italian: fajr
• Javanese: fajar, shalat subuh
• Maranao: sobo
• Persian: نماز صبح (namâz-e sobh)
• Polish: fadżr (pl) m
• Portuguese: fajr m or f
• Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi: سَرْگی f (sargī)

• Russian: фаджр (ru) m (fadžr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сабах-намаз m

  Latin: sabah-namaz m

• Somali: salaada subax
• Sundanese: solat subuh, solat fajar
• Tatar: иртәнге намаз (irtänge namaz)
• Turkish: sabah namazı (tr)
• Urdu: فجر (ur) (fajr)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr, “dawn”).

Noun

fajr m or f (uncountable)

1. (Islam, rare) fajr (dawn prayer)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• fadjr
• fajar

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic فَجْر (fajr, “dawn”). Compare Malay fajar (“dawn”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈfad͡ʒaɾ/ [ˈfaː.d͡ʒɐɾ]
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpad͡ʒaɾ/ [ˈpaː.d͡ʒɐɾ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ˈpadjaɾ/ [ˈpad̪.jɐɾ]
    • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒaɾ, (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) -adjaɾ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈfad͡ʒeɾ/ [ˈfaː.d͡ʒɛɾ]
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpad͡ʒeɾ/ [ˈpaː.d͡ʒɛɾ], (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) /ˈpadjeɾ/ [ˈpad̪.jɛɾ]
    • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒeɾ, (with nativization, no palatal assimilation) -adjeɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧jr

Noun

fajr (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜌᜇ᜔ or ᜉᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. fajr (dawn prayer)

See also

• asr
• dhuhr
• isha
• Jumu'ah
• maghrib