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namaz

namaz noun: synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).

Noun

namaz (uncountable)

  1. (South-Asia) Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
    • Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz.1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 228
    • He swung at me but I ducked and said, ‘Time for the fifth namaaz of the day, Prince.’1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 157
    Synonyms:
    salat

namaz meaning in Bengali and Assamese

namaz in Bengali

namaz, salat
নামাজ namaj

namaz in Assamese

namaz, namaaz
নমাজ nomaz

Synonyms of namaz

Forms of namaz

alternative formnamaaz

Origin of namaz

Derived from Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).

Words formed from namaz

Phrases with namaz

Questions about namaz

What does namaz mean?
Namaz means synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
What is namaz in Bengali?
Namaz in Bengali is নামাজ (namaj). See Namaz meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is namaz?
Namaz is a noun.

Words near namaz in the dictionary

  1. namasu
  2. Namatec
  3. Namatjira
  4. Namaxia
  5. namaycush
  6. namaz
  7. namazi
  8. namazis
  9. namazlik
  10. namazliks
  11. namba

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: namaz (page history and authors); নামাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); নমাজ (Assamese) (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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