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musalla

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A place for praying (e.g. outside a mosque); a praying room.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan), from صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”).

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُصَلًّى (muṣallan) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Azerbaijani: müsəlla — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Azerbaijani: ibadətgah — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Bashkir: ғибәҙәтхана (ğibəźətxana) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Bengali: মুসল্লা (muśolla) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Bulgarian: муса́лла (musálla) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Hindi: नमाज़गाह (namāzgāh) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Hindi: मुसल्ला (musallā) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Indonesian: musala — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Kazakh: ғибадатхана (ğibadatxana) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Kyrgyz: ибадаткана (ibadatkana) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Macedonian: мусала (musala) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Malay: musala — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Malay: surau — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Pashto: مصله (masala) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Pashto: مصلا (mosalã) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Iranian Persian: مُصَلَّا (mosallâ) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Iranian Persian: نَمَازْخَانِه (namâzxâne) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Iranian Persian: نَمَازْگَاه (namâzgâh) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Punjabi: مُصَلّا (muṣallā) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Punjabi: جائے نَماز (jā'e namāz) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Russian: муса́лла (musálla) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Serbo-Croatian: musàla /муса̀ла — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Tajik: мусалло (musallo) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Tajik: намозхона (namozxona) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Tajik: намазгоҳ (namazgoh) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Tatar: гыйбадәтханә (ğıybadätxanä) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Turkish: musalla — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Turkmen: musalla — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Turkmen: ybadathana — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Urdu: نَمَازْگَاہ (namāzgāh) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Urdu: مُصَلَّیٰ (musallā) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Uyghur: ئىبادەتخانا (ibadetxana) — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Uzbek: ibodatxona — (Islam) a place for praying
  • Uzbek: musallo — (Islam) a place for praying