نماز

Chagatai

Etymology

From Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Noun

نماز • (namāz) (plural نمازلار)

1. (Islam) prayer, salat

Declension

Declension of نماز (namāz)

singular plural nominative نماز namāz نمازلار namāzlar genitive نمازنینگ namāznıng نمازلارنینگ namāzlarnıng definite accusative نمازنی namāznı نمازلارنی namāzlarnı dative نمازغە namāzġa نمازلارغە namāzlarġa ablative نمازدین namāzdın نمازلاردین namāzlardın locative نمازدە namāzda نمازلاردە namāzlarda possessive forms first person singular singular plural nominative نمازیم namāzım نمازلاریم namāzlarım genitive نمازیمنینگ namāzımnıng نمازلاریمنینگ namāzlarımnıng definite accusative نمازیمنی namāzımnı نمازلاریمنی namāzlarımnı dative نمازیمغە namāzımġa نمازلاریمغە namāzlarımġa ablative نمازیمدین namāzımdın نمازلاریمدین namāzlarımdın locative نمازیمدە namāzımda نمازلاریمدە namāzlarımda second person singular* singular plural nominative نمازینگ namāzıng نمازلارینگ namāzlarıng genitive نمازینگنینگ namāzıngnıng نمازلارینگنینگ namāzlarıngnıng definite accusative نمازینگنی namāzıngnı نمازلارینگنی namāzlarıngnı dative نمازینگغە namāzıngġa نمازلارینگغە namāzlarıngġa ablative نمازینگدین namāzıngdın نمازلارینگدین namāzlarıngdın locative نمازینگدە namāzıngda نمازلارینگدە namāzlarıngda third person singular singular plural nominative نمازی namāzı نمازلاری namāzları genitive نمازینینگ namāzınıng نمازلارینینگ namāzlarınıng definite accusative نمازینی namāzını نمازلارینی namāzlarını dative نمازیغە namāzıġa نمازلاریغە namāzlarıġa ablative نمازیدین namāzıdın نمازلاریدین namāzlarıdın locative نمازیدە namāzıda نمازلاریدە namāzlarıda first person plural singular plural nominative نمازیمیز namāzımız نمازلاریمیز namāzlarımız genitive نمازیمیزنینگ namāzımıznıng نمازلاریمیزنینگ namāzlarımıznıng definite accusative نمازیمیزنی namāzımıznı نمازلاریمیزنی namāzlarımıznı dative نمازیمیزغە namāzımızġa نمازلاریمیزغە namāzlarımızġa ablative نمازیمیزدین namāzımızdın نمازلاریمیزدین namāzlarımızdın locative نمازیمیزدە namāzımızda نمازلاریمیزدە namāzlarımızda second person plural* singular plural nominative نمازینگیز namāzıngız نمازلارینگیز namāzlarıngız نمازینگلار namāzınglar نمازلارینگلار namāzlarınglar genitive نمازینگیزنینگ namāzıngıznıng نمازلارینگیزنینگ namāzlarıngıznıng نمازینگلارنینگ namāzınglarnıng نمازلارینگلارنینگ namāzlarınglarnıng definite accusative نمازینگیزنی namāzıngıznı نمازلارینگیزنی namāzlarıngıznı نمازینگلارنی namāzınglarnı نمازلارینگلارنی namāzlarınglarnı dative نمازینگیزغە namāzıngızġa نمازلارینگیزغە namāzlarıngızġa نمازینگلارغە namāzınglarġa نمازلارینگلارغە namāzlarınglarġa ablative نمازینگیزدین namāzıngızdın نمازلارینگیزدین namāzlarıngızdın نمازینگلاردین namāzınglardın نمازلارینگلاردین namāzlarınglardın locative نمازینگیزدە namāzıngızda نمازلارینگیزدە namāzlarıngızda نمازینگلاردە namāzınglarda نمازلارینگلاردە namāzlarınglarda third person plural singular plural nominative نمازلاری namāzları نمازلاری namāzları نمازی namāzı نمازلاری namāzları genitive نمازلارینینگ namāzlarınıng نمازلارینینگ namāzlarınıng نمازینینگ namāzınıng نمازلارینینگ namāzlarınıng definite accusative نمازلارینی namāzlarını نمازلارینی namāzlarını نمازینی namāzınglarnı نمازلارینی namāzlarınglarnı dative نمازلاریغە namāzlarıġa نمازلاریغە namāzlarıġa نمازیغە namāzıġa نمازلاریغە namāzlarıġa ablative نمازلاریدین namāzlarıdın نمازلاریدین namāzlarıdın نمازیدین namāzıdın نمازلاریدین namāzlarıdın locative نمازلاریدە namāzlarıda نمازلاریدە namāzlarıda نمازیدە namāzıda نمازلاریدە namāzlarıda *second person singular forms are informal, for polite second person singular forms use second person plural forms

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *némos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas

Proto-Iranian *námah

Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (ʿsgdh /⁠namāz⁠/)

Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz)bor.

Ottoman Turkish نماز

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (ʿsgdh /⁠namāz⁠/, “prostration, prayer”), from Proto-Iranian *námah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas (“to bow, prostrate”), from Proto-Indo-European *némos, from *nem- + *-os.

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

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• 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 [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 962
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “نماز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), 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

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.mɑːz/

Noun

نَماز (namāz) f

1. (Islam) salat, prayer

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *némos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *námas

Proto-Iranian *námah

Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 (ʿsgdh /⁠namāz⁠/)

Persian نماز

Inherited 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.ˈmaːz/

 

• (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]

• Rhymes: -aːz

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

Noun

نَمَاز • (namāz / namâz) (plural نمازها, Tajik spelling намоз)

1. regular, prescribed prayer; (Islam) salat

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

   • c. 13th century, Saadi Shirazi, “در صفت عبادت [dar sifat-i ibādat, Praise of Divine Worship]”, in پندنامه [pand-nāma, The Compendium of Ethics]‎^[7]:

     برای عبادت وضو تازه دار
     که فردا زآتش شوی رستگار
     نماز از سر صدق برپای دار
     که حاصل کنی دولت پایدار
     ز تقوی چراغ روان برفروز
     که چون نیک‌بختان شوی نیکروز

     barāy-i ibādat wuzū tāza dār
     ki fardā z-ātaš šawī rastagār
     namāz az sar-i sidq bar-pāy dār
     ki hāsil kunī dawlat-i pāydār
     zi taqwā čirāġ-i rawān bar-furōz
     ki čūn nēk-baxtān šawī nēk-rōz

     Renew your ablutions, for devotion,
     That tomorrow you may be released from the fire.
     Be steadfast in prayer, thro' faith,
     That you may obtain unperishable riches.
     Through piety, supply the light of the fleeting lamp,
     That, like the fortunate, you may be blessed.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (Baháʼí Faith) obligatory prayer

Usage notes

• Prayers that are not fixed by religious law are called دعا (do'â).

Related terms

• جانماز (jâ-namâz, “prayer mat”)
• جای نماز (jây namâz, “prayer mat”)
• نماز بردن (namâz bordan)
• نماز خواندن (namâz xândan)
• نماز کردن (namâz kardan)
• نماز گذاشتن (namâz gozâštan)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Assamese: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Azerbaijani: namaz
• → Bashkir: намаҙ (namað)
• → Bengali: নামাজ (namaz)
• → Chagatai: نماز (namaz)
  • Uyghur: ناماز (namaz)
  • Uzbek:

    Latin script: namoz

    Cyrillic script: намоз

• → 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 (nimāza)
• → Tatar: намаз (namaz)
  • → Chuvash: намас (namas)
• → Thai: ละหมาด (lá-màat), นมาซ

References

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

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nə.mäːz/, [nə.ˈmäːz(ə̆)]
• Hyphenation: نَ‧ماز

Noun

نَماز • (namāz) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਮਾਜ਼)

1. (Islam) salat (the Islamic way of worship)
2. (by extension, figurative) prayer; worship

Declension

Declension of نماز

	singular	plural
direct	نَماز (namāz)	نَمازاں (namāzāṉ)
oblique	نَماز (namāz)	نَمازاں (namāzāṉ)
vocative	نَمازے (namāze)	نَمازو (namāzo)
ablative	نَمازوں (namāzoṉ)	—
locative	نَمازی (namāzī)	نَمازِیں (namāzīṉ)
instrumental	نَمازے (namāze)	نَمازِیں (namāzīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “نماز”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “نماز”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਨਮਾਜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نَمَاز (namāz)

Noun

نِمازَ • (nimāza) f (Devanagari निमाज़)

1. prayer

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “نماز”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 1900
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “نِمازَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 598

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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• (Punjabic Urdu, 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

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

Further reading

More information

• “نماز”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• 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.
• Fallon, S. W. (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