नमाज़

See also: निमाज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نماز (namāz). Doublet of नमस् (namas) and नमः (namaḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.mɑːz/, [nɐ.mäːz], /nə.mɑːd͡ʒ/, [nɐ.mäːd͡ʒ]

Noun

नमाज़ • (namāz) f (Urdu spelling نماز)

1. (Islam) prayer, salat, namaz

Declension

Declension of नमाज़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नमाज़ namāz	नमाज़ें namāzẽ
oblique	नमाज़ namāz	नमाज़ों namāzõ
vocative	नमाज़ namāz	नमाज़ो namāzo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नमाज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نماز”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “namāz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “नमाज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.