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isha

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The evening/night Islamic prayer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Arabic عِشَاء (ʕišāʔ, “evening, night”), in صَلَاةُ العِشَاء (ṣalātu l-ʕišāʔ, “night prayer”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَلَاة اَلْعِشَاء (ṣalāt al-ʕišāʔ) — evening or night prayer
  • Arabic: عِشَاء (ʕišāʔ) — evening or night prayer
  • Chechen: пхьуьйр-ламаз (pḥrüür-lamaz) — evening or night prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宵禮 /宵礼 (xiāolǐ) — evening or night prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虎夫摊 (hǔfūtān) — evening or night prayer
  • German: Ischa — evening or night prayer
  • Gujarati: ઇશા (iśā) — evening or night prayer
  • Hausa: lisha — evening or night prayer
  • Indonesian: isya — evening or night prayer
  • Kashmiri: خۄفتَن (khọftan) — evening or night prayer
  • Kazakh: құтпан (qūtpan) — evening or night prayer
  • Persian: نماز عشا (namâz-e 'ešâ) — evening or night prayer
  • Punjabi: کُفتْاں (kuftāṉ) — evening or night prayer
  • Russian: иша́ (išá) — evening or night prayer
  • Swahili: isha — evening or night prayer