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iqama

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈkɑːmə/
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noun

Meaning 1

The second call to prayer, made immediately before Muslims pray.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ikameti — second call to prayer
  • Arabic: إِقَامَة (ʔiqāma) — second call to prayer
  • Azerbaijani: iqamə — second call to prayer
  • Bashkir: ҡамәт (qamət) — second call to prayer
  • Bengali: একামত (ekamot) — second call to prayer
  • Bengali: ইক্বামাহ্ (ikkamah) — second call to prayer
  • Finnish: iqama — second call to prayer
  • Hindi: इक़ामा (iqāmā) — second call to prayer
  • Hindi: इक़ामत (iqāmat) — second call to prayer
  • Indonesian: ikamah — second call to prayer
  • Japanese: イカーマ (ikāma) — second call to prayer
  • Kazakh: иқамат (iqamat) — second call to prayer
  • Kyrgyz: икамат (ikamat) — second call to prayer
  • Malay: iqamat — second call to prayer
  • Malay: kamat — second call to prayer
  • Malayalam: ഇഖാമ (ikhāma) — second call to prayer
  • Dari: اِقَامَه (iqāma) — second call to prayer
  • Iranian Persian: اِقامِه (eġâme) — second call to prayer
  • Russian: ика́мат (ikámat) — second call to prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: ikamet — second call to prayer
  • Tajik: иқома (iqoma) — second call to prayer
  • Tamil: இகாமா (ikāmā) — second call to prayer
  • Tatar: камәт (qämät) — second call to prayer
  • Turkish: kamet — second call to prayer
  • Urdu: اِقامَہ (iqāma) — second call to prayer
  • Urdu: اِقامَت (iqāmat) — second call to prayer
  • Uzbek: iqomat — second call to prayer
  • Uzbek: iqoma — second call to prayer