ละหมาด

Thai

Alternative forms

นมาซ

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Persian (namāz). The beginning ล- (l-) might have been contaminated by Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh). Related to Thai นมัสการ (ná-mát-sà-gaan), from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra, literally “act of bowing”), from नमस् (namas, “bow”) + कार (kāra, “act; action”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ละหมาด l a h m ā ɗ
Phonemic		ละ-หฺมาด l a – h ̥ m ā ɗ
Romanization	Paiboon	lá-màat
	Royal Institute	la-mat
(standard) IPA^(key)		/la˦˥.maːt̚˨˩/^(R)

Noun

ละหมาด • (lá-màat)

(Islam) salat.

Verb

ละหมาด • (lá-màat) (abstract noun การละหมาด)

(Islam) to pray salat.

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