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fajr

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

the first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr, “dawn”).

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: namazi i sabahut — dawn prayer
  • Albanian: namazi i mëngjesit — dawn prayer
  • Arabic: صَلَاة اَلْفَجْر (ṣalāt al-fajr) — dawn prayer
  • Arabic: فَجْر (fajr) — dawn prayer
  • Arabic: صُبْح (ṣubḥ) — dawn prayer
  • Azerbaijani: sübh namazı — dawn prayer
  • Bengali: ফজর (phojor) — dawn prayer
  • Chechen: ӏуьйр-ламаз (ˀüür-lamaz) — dawn prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 晨禮 /晨礼 (chénlǐ) — dawn prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邦达 (bāngdá) — dawn prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邦答 (bāngdá) — dawn prayer
  • French: fajr — dawn prayer
  • German: Fadschr — dawn prayer
  • German: Morgengebet — dawn prayer
  • Gujarati: ફજર (phajar) — dawn prayer
  • Gujarati: ફજરની નમાજ (phajarnī namāj) — dawn prayer
  • Gujarati: સવારની નમાજ (savārnī namāj) — dawn prayer
  • Hausa: asubahi — dawn prayer
  • Hausa: asuba — dawn prayer
  • Hindi: फ़जर (fajar) — dawn prayer
  • Hungarian: fadzsr — dawn prayer
  • Indonesian: fajar — dawn prayer
  • Indonesian: salat subuh — dawn prayer
  • Italian: fajr — dawn prayer
  • Javanese: fajar — dawn prayer
  • Javanese: shalat subuh — dawn prayer
  • Maranao: sobo — dawn prayer
  • Persian: نماز صبح (namâz-e sobh) — dawn prayer
  • Polish: fadżr — dawn prayer
  • Portuguese: fajr — dawn prayer
  • Punjabi: سَرْگی (sargī) — dawn prayer
  • Russian: фаджр (fadžr) — dawn prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: сабах-намаз — dawn prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: sabah-namaz — dawn prayer
  • Somali: salaada subax — dawn prayer
  • Sundanese: solat subuh — dawn prayer
  • Sundanese: solat fajar — dawn prayer
  • Tatar: иртәнге намаз (irtänge namaz) — dawn prayer
  • Turkish: sabah namazı — dawn prayer
  • Urdu: فجر (fajr) — dawn prayer