msala
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msala¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic مُصَلَّى (muṣallā, “place of prayer”).
noun misala · mswala
- prayer mat
- any mat
msala²
Where it comes from
Mostly treated as identical with etymology 1. The sense can be derived without difficulty from situations where someone retreats to a private chamber for prayer, and particularly from the ablutions necessary beforehand.
Sergio Baldi instead connects it tentatively with Arabic زَلاقة (zalāqa, “slipperiness”), but this seems less likely.
Talk about this word "msala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/msala. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. msala. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/msala "msala." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/msala.Cite this
@misc{msala_2026,
title = {msala},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/msala},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
