Phrase guide

prayer rug

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A small rug on which a person kneels to pray, especially in Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: namazlik

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noun

Meaning 2

a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prayer mat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rug, carpet, carpeting

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sixhade — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Arabic: سَجَّادَة (sajjāda) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Arabic: سيادة (siyyāda) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Armenian: աղոթագորգ (aġotʻagorg) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Armenian: սաջադա (saǰada) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Azerbaijani: səccadə — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Bashkir: намаҙлыҡ (namaźlıq) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Bengali: জায়নামাজ (jaẏnamaj) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拜毯 (bàitǎn) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Chinese Mandarin: 祈禱毯 /祈祷毯 (qídǎotǎn) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Danish: bedetæppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Danish: bønnetæppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Dutch: gebedskleed — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Finnish: rukousmatto — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • French: tapis de prière — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • German: Gebetsteppich — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Hindi: सज्जादा (sajjādā) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Hindi: जा-ए-नमाज़ (jā-e-namāz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Hungarian: imaszőnyeg — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Indonesian: sajadah — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Kazakh: жайнамаз (jainamaz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Central Kurdish: بەرماڵ (bermall) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Northern Kurdish: canemaz — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Northern Kurdish: secade — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Northern Kurdish: cilnivêj — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Kyrgyz: жайнамаз (jaynamaz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Malay: sejadah — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bedeteppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønneteppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bedeteppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bøneteppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bønneteppe — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Pashto: مصله (masala) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Pashto: مصلا (mosalā) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Persian: جانَماز (jânamâz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Persian: سَجّادِه (sajjâde) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Polish: dywan modlitewny — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Portuguese: tapete de oração — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Rohingya: mosólla — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Russian: моли́твенный ко́врик (molítvennyj kóvrik) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Russian: саджа́да (sadžáda) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Russian: намазлы́к (namazlýk) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Serbo-Croatian: серџа́да — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Serbo-Croatian: serdžáda — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Swedish: bönematta — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Tajik: ҷойнамоз (joynamoz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Tajik: саҷҷода (sajjoda) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Tatar: намазлык (namazlıq) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Turkish: seccade — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Turkish: namazlık — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Ottoman Turkish: سجاده (seccade) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Urdu: جائے نَماز (jāe namāz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Urdu: سَجْدَہ گاہ (sajda gāh) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Urdu: سَجّادَہ (sajjāda) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Uyghur: جايناماز (jaynamaz) — small rug on which a person kneels to pray
  • Uzbek: joynamoz — small rug on which a person kneels to pray