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prayer rug

prayer rug noun: a small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam.

prayer rug: a small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam
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Noun

prayer rug (plural prayer rugs)

  1. A small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam.
    • She got up, pulled the prayer rug out from under her bed, and knelt down on it.2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 43
    Synonyms:
    namazlik, prayer mat

prayer rug meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati

prayer rug in Hindi

small rug on which a person kneels to pray
सज्जादा sajjādā, जा-ए-नमाज़ jā-e-namāz

prayer rug in Urdu

small rug on which a person kneels to pray
جائے نَماز jāe namāz, سَجْدَہ گاہ sajda gāh, سَجّادَہ sajjāda

prayer rug in Bengali

small rug on which a person kneels to pray
জায়নামাজ jaẏnamaj

prayer rug in Gujarati

prayer rug
મુસલ્લો musallo
More languagesFewer languages
prayer rug in Pashto
مصله masala, مصلا mosalā
prayer rug in Arabic
سَجَّادَة sajjāda
prayer rug in Malay
sejadah
prayer rug in Indonesian
sajadah
prayer rug in Persian
جانَماز jânamâz, سَجّادِه sajjâde

Synonyms of prayer rug

Forms of prayer rug

pluralprayer rugs

Questions about prayer rug

What does prayer rug mean?
Prayer rug means a small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam.
What is prayer rug in Hindi?
Prayer rug in Hindi is सज्जादा (sajjādā), जा-ए-नमाज़ (jā-e-namāz). See Prayer rug meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is prayer rug?
Prayer rug is a noun.
What is the plural of prayer rug?
The plural of prayer rug is prayer rugs.

Words near prayer rug in the dictionary

  1. prayer plants
  2. prayer room
  3. prayer rooms
  4. prayer rope
  5. prayer ropes
  6. prayer rug
  7. prayer rugs
  8. prayer shawl
  9. prayer shawls
  10. prayer square
  11. prayer squares

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prayer rug (page history and authors); મુસલ્લો (Gujarati) (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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