صلاة

العربية

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صلاة

/sˤa.laːh/
/sˤə.ɫaːt/ Gulf Arabic

Where it comes from

Normalized spelling of earlier صَلَوٰة (ṣalāh), from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬ (ṣəlōṯ).

noun صَلَاة · ṣalāh · صَلَوَات · الصَّلَاة

noun from verb verbal noun of صَلَّى (ṣallā) (form II)
prayer وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَهُمْ
salat, namaz يُؤَدِّي اَلْمُسْلِمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ
supplication
prayer for or supplication or invocation of favor, health, aid, protection, etc.; salawat, durood
broadly vouchsafement of favor, health, aid, protection, etc.; أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ
place of worship, especially of the Jews, hence a synagogue وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَّصَلَوَاتٌ وَّمَسٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللهِ كَثِيرًا

In English

synagogue Jewish place of worship
prayer practice of communicating with one's God
salat Islamic prayer

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {صلاة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B5%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}