mosque
UK/mɒsk//mɑsk/
mosque noun: a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
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Noun
mosque (plural mosques)
- A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
- There's a mosque near where I live.
- The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer, Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN, archived from the original on...
- Synonyms:
- masjid
mosque meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
mosque in Hindi
- a place of worship for Muslims
- मस्जिद masjid, मसजिद masjid, मसीद masīd, मसीत masīt
mosque in Tamil
- a place of worship for Muslims
- மசூதி macūti, பள்ளிவாசல் paḷḷivācal, மஸ்ஜித் masjit
mosque in Marathi
- a place of worship for Muslims
- मशीद maśīd, मस्जिद masjid
mosque in Urdu
- a place of worship for Muslims
- مَسْجِد masjid, اِمام بارْگاہ imām bārgāh, اِمام باڑَہ imām bāṛa, خانْقَاہ xānqāh, بَیت
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- mosque in Bengali
- মসজিদ mosjid
- mosque in Telugu
- మసీదు masīdu, మసీద్ masīd, మస్జిద్ masjid
- mosque in Malayalam
- മസ്ജിദ് masjidŭ
- mosque in Kannada
- ಮಸೀದಿ masīdi
- mosque in Punjabi
- ਮਸ੍ਜਿਦ masjid, ਮਸੀਤ masīt, مَسْجِد masjid, مَسِیت masīt
- mosque in Gujarati
- મસ્જિદ masjid, મસીદ masīd, મસીત masīt
- mosque in Odia
- ମସଜିଦ୍ masajid
- mosque in Sanskrit
- मस्जिद masjida
- mosque in Sinhala
- පල්ලිය palliya, මුස්ලිම් පල්ලිය muslim palliya, මස්ජිඩ් masjiḍ, මස්ජිදුන් masjidun
- mosque in Assamese
- মছজিদ mosozid
- mosque in Nepali
- मस्जिद masjid
- mosque in Pashto
- جومات jomāt, مسجد masjed
- mosque in Tagalog
- moske
- mosque in Arabic
- مَسْجِد masjid, جَامِع jāmiʕ, مُصَلًّى muṣallan
- mosque in Malay
- masjid, jamik, surau, langgar
- mosque in Indonesian
- mesjid, masjid
- mosque in Thai
- มัสยิด mát-sà-yít, สุเหร่า sù-rào
- mosque in Vietnamese
- nhà thờ Hồi giáo, thánh đường
- mosque in Myanmar
- ဗလီ ba.li
- Dhivehi
- މިސްކިތް miskit̊
- Kashmiri
- مَشیٖد maśīd, مَسجِد masjid
Examples of mosque in a sentence
- The Ground Zero mosque was a scissor statement that divided Americans.
- If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).
- Zayyanid rulers built mosques and madrasas and made their capital a great theological center.
Synonyms of mosque
Forms of mosque
| plural | mosques |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mosk |
Origin of mosque
From Middle French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, literally “place of prostration”). Doublet of masjid.
Words formed from mosque
Phrases with mosque
Words that rhyme with mosque
Questions about mosque
- What does mosque mean?
- Mosque means a place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
- What is mosque in Hindi?
- Mosque in Hindi is मस्जिद (masjid), मसजिद (masjid), मसीद (masīd). See Mosque meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mosque?
- Mosque is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mosque?
- Mosque is pronounced /mɑsk/ (US).
- What is the plural of mosque?
- The plural of mosque is mosques.
Words near mosque in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mosque (page history and authors); मस्जिद (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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