نماز

Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز (namaz)

1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Derived terms

• جاىنماز (jāynamāz, “prayer mat”)
• نماز اوتاماک (namāz ötämäk, “to pray”)

 

Descendants

• Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
• Uzbek:

  Latin script: namoz

  Cyrillic script: намоз

Further reading

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

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

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

• نماز آیلری (namâz ayları, “the months of special divine services for women”)
• نماز بزی (namâz bezi, “cloth spread out on which to perform worship”)
• نماز بوزان (namâz bozan, “anything that invalidates the divine worship”)
• نماز قیلمق (namâz kılmak, “to perform the salat”)
• نمازگاه (namâzgâh, “an open-air oratory”)
• نمازگذار (namâzgüzâr, “one who performs the salat”)
• نمازی قیلنمق (namâzı kılınmak, “to perform a funeral prayer”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: namaz
• → Albanian: namaz
• → Crimean Tatar: namaz
• → English: namaz
• → Polish: namaz
• → Romanian: namaz
• → Russian: нама́з (namáz)
• → Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz／на̀ма̄з

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “namaz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3486
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “namâz”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 962
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نماز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1287
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Preces”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1356
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نماز”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 5255
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “namaz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نماز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2104

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈmɑːz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑ́ːz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ́ːz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mɒ́ːz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ́z]

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

Noun

Dari	نماز
Iranian Persian
Tajik	намоз

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

1. prayer

   نماز جمعه ― namâz-e jom'e ― Friday prayers

2. (Islam) salat

Inflection

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.

Related terms

• نماز خواندن (namâz xândan)
• نماز بردن (namâz bordan)
• جای نماز (jây namâz, “Prayer Mat”, Noun)

Descendants

• → Assamese: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Azerbaijani: namaz
• → Bashkir: намаҙ (namaź)
• → Bengali: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Mandarin: 乃瑪子／乃玛子 (nǎimǎzi)
• → Georgian: ნამაზი (namazi)
• → Gujarati: નમાજ (namāj), નમાઝ (namājh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: नमाज़ (namāz)

  Urdu: نماز (namāz)

• → Judeo-Tat: нумаз (numaz), нимаз (nimaz) ("synagogue")
• → Kazakh: намаз (namaz)
• → Middle Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
  • Armenian: նամազ (namaz)
• → Old Gujarati: निमाज (nimāja)
  • Gujarati: નિમાજ (nimāj), નિવાજ (nivāj)
  • Marwari: निमाज (nimāj), निवाज (nivāj)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz)
  • Turkish: namaz
  • → Albanian: namaz
  • → Crimean Tatar: namaz
  • → English: namaz
  • → Polish: namaz
  • → Romanian: namaz
  • → Russian: нама́з (namáz)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz／на̀ма̄з
• → Punjabi: نماز (namāz)
• → Sindhi: نماز (namāz)
• → Tatar: намаз (namaz)
• → Thai: ละหมาด (lá-màat), นมาซ
• → Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
• → Uzbek: namoz

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.mɑːz/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• (Europe, Overseas) IPA^(key): /nɪ.mɑːz/
• Rhymes: -ɑːz
• Hyphenation: نَ‧ماز

Noun

نَماز • (namāz) f (Hindi spelling नमाज़)

1. (Islam) salat, prayer (worship)

   Synonym: صَلات (salāt)

2. (figuratively) devotion, idolization

Declension

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

Related terms

Related terms

• نَمَاز پَڑْھنا (namāz paṛhnā, “to pray”)
• نَماز اَدا کَرْنا (namāz adā karnā, “to pray”)
• نَمَازی (“prayerful, devout”)
• نَمَاز گاہ (“prayer room”)
• جَا نَمَاز (jā namāz, “prayer mat, prayer rug”)
• جائے نَمَاز (jāe namāz, “prayer mat, prayer rug”)

Further reading

More information

• “نماز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نماز”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نماز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “نماز”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “نماز”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC