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tilawa

/tɪˈlɑː.wə/

tilawa noun: the ritual recitation of the Qur'an.

Noun

tilawa (uncountable)

  1. the ritual recitation of the Qur'an

tilawa meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali

tilawa in Hindi

tilawa, recitation
तिलावत tilāvat

tilawa in Urdu

tilawa, recitation
تلاوت tilāvat

tilawa in Bengali

কুরআনের প্রথাগত তেলাওয়াত

Forms of tilawa

alternative formtilawat

Origin of tilawa

Borrowed from Arabic تِلَاوَة (tilāwa).

Questions about tilawa

What does tilawa mean?
Tilawa means the ritual recitation of the Qur'an.
What is tilawa in Hindi?
Tilawa in Hindi is तिलावत (tilāvat). See Tilawa meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tilawa?
Tilawa is a noun.
How do you pronounce tilawa?
Tilawa is pronounced /tɪˈlɑː.wə/.

Words near tilawa in the dictionary

  1. tilapiine
  2. tilapiines
  3. tilapine
  4. Tilas
  5. tilasite
  6. tilawa
  7. Tilba Tilba
  8. Tilbrook
  9. tilbroquinol
  10. Tilburg
  11. tilburies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tilawa (page history and authors); तिलावत (Hindi) (page history and authors); تلاوت (Urdu) (page history and authors); tilawa (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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