masjid

English

Alternative forms

• masjeed, masjed, masgid

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d). Doublet of mosque.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mæsd͡ʒɪd/, /məsd͡ʒɪd/
• IPA^(key): (Received Pronunciation) /mʌsd͡ʒɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

masjid (plural masjids or masajid)

1. (Islam) A mosque.

   Any masjid where the practices are devoted absolutely to The God ALONE.

   If you assign a place in your home or office for prayer, then it can be considered as your own masjid.

   • 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Black Cobras”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 58:

     A terribly painful sound never before heard in any masjid escaped Aashraf.

Translations

mosque — see mosque

Anagrams

• Majids, majids

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• mesjid (colloquial)
• mesigit (nonstandard, rare)

Etymology

From Malay masjid, from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmasd͡ʒid/ [ˈmas.d͡ʒɪt̪̚]

  • Audio:

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• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /məsˈd͡ʒid/ [məsˈd͡ʒɪt̪̚]

  • Audio:

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• Syllabification: mas‧jid

Noun

masjid (plural masjid-masjid)

1. (Islam) mosque, masjid

Affixations

• permasjidan

Compounds

• masjid agung (“grand mosque”)
• masjid jami (“main mosque; grand mosque”)

Further reading

• “masjid”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Alternative forms

• mesjid

Etymology

from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Noun

masjid (Javanese script ꦩꦱ꧀ꦗꦶꦢ꧀)

1. mosque, masjid

Malay

Alternative forms

• misigit (dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• (Piawai, Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /masd͡ʒet/
• (Bahasa Baku, Standard Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah) IPA^(key): /masd͡ʒɪt/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒet, -et
• Rhymes: -id

Noun

masjid (Jawi spelling مسجد, plural masjid-masjid or masjid²)

1. mosque (a place of worship for Muslims)

Descendants

• Indonesian: masjid

Further reading

• “masjid”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Sundanese

Etymology

From Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). Doublet of masigit

Noun

masjid (Sundanese script ᮙᮞ᮪ᮏᮤᮓ᮪)

1. mosque, masjid

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• masgid — uncommon

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). Doublet of mansigit and meskita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /masˈd͡ʒid/ [mɐsˈd͡ʒɪd̪̚]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /masdˈjid/ [mɐsˈd̪jɪd̪̚]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: mas‧jid

Noun

masjíd (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜐ᜔ᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. mosque

   Synonyms: moske, meskita, mansigit, simbahan

Related terms

• moske

References

• “masjid”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /masd͡ʒid/ [masˈd͡ʒid̪̚]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: mas‧jid

Noun

masjid (Sulat Sūg spelling مَسْجِدْ)

1. mosque

   Synonym: langgal

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Yangi Imlo)	مسجد
Cyrillic	масжид‍
Latin	masjid‍
Afghan Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mas‧jid

Noun

masjid (plural masjidlar)

1. mosque

Declension

Declension of masjid

	singular	plural
nominative	masjid	masjidlar
genitive	masjidning	masjidlarning
dative	masjidga	masjidlarga
definite accusative	masjidni	masjidlarni
locative	masjidda	masjidlarda
ablative	masjiddan	masjidlardan
similative	masjiddek	masjidlardek

Possessive forms of masjid

1st person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	masjidim	masjidlarim
genitive	masjidimning	masjidlarimning
dative	masjidimga	masjidlarimga
definite accusative	masjidimni	masjidlarimni
locative	masjidimda	masjidlarimda
ablative	masjidimdan	masjidlarimdan
similative	masjidimdek	masjidlarimdek
2nd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	masjiding	masjidlaring
genitive	masjidingning	masjidlaringning
dative	masjidingga	masjidlaringga
definite accusative	masjidingni	masjidlaringni
locative	masjidingda	masjidlaringda
ablative	masjidingdan	masjidlaringdan
similative	masjidingdek	masjidlaringdek
3rd person singular
	singular	plural
nominative	masjidi	masjidlari
genitive	masjidining	masjidlarining
dative	masjidiga	masjidlariga
definite accusative	masjidini	masjidlarini
locative	masjidida	masjidlarida
ablative	masjididan	masjidlaridan
similative	masjididek	masjidlaridek
1st person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	masjidimiz	masjidlarimiz
genitive	masjidimizning	masjidlarimizning
dative	masjidimizga	masjidlarimizga
definite accusative	masjidimizni	masjidlarimizni
locative	masjidimizda	masjidlarimizda
ablative	masjidimizdan	masjidlarimizdan
similative	masjidimizdek	masjidlarimizdek
2nd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	masjidingiz	masjidlaringiz
genitive	masjidingizning	masjidlaringizning
dative	masjidingizga	masjidlaringizga
definite accusative	masjidingizni	masjidlaringizni
locative	masjidingizda	masjidlaringizda
ablative	masjidingizdan	masjidlaringizdan
similative	masjidingizdek	masjidlaringizdek
3rd person plural
	singular	plural
nominative	masjidi	masjidlari
genitive	masjidining	masjidlarining
dative	masjidiga	masjidlariga
definite accusative	masjidini	masjidlarini
locative	masjidida	masjidlarida
ablative	masjididan	masjidlaridan
similative	masjididek	masjidlaridek

Further reading

• “masjid“ in izoh.uz

Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Noun

masjid

1. mosque