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Jumu'ah

Jumu'ah noun: the main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.

Noun

Jumu'ah (uncountable)

  1. The main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.
    • [T]here was a reasonably priced foot of land from which the raindbow could be seen at night every third jum'a in the month of Rabbi-ul-aker.1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 195
    • Then, […] the wind carried to his nostrils from the fires of the troops camped in the valley the desert tang of a camel-dung fire, and with it the plangent cry of a soldier-muezzin calling his saddle-weary brothers to a belated Jumuah.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 57

Forms of Jumu'ah

alternative formJumma
alternative formjum'ah
alternative formjummah
alternative formJumu'a
alternative formJumuah

Origin of Jumu'ah

From Arabic جمعة (jumuʕa), as in الجمعة (al-jumuʕa).

Questions about Jumu'ah

What does Jumu'ah mean?
Jumu'ah means the main congregational prayers, held at noon on a Friday.
What part of speech is Jumu'ah?
Jumu'ah is a noun.

Words near Jumu'ah in the dictionary

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