Standard Lemma guide

salah

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Malaysia, Singapore: /ˈsɑlɑ/
  • /səˈlɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AE1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Wrong, incorrect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable, predicative

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A male given name from Arabic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Alternative form of salat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the second pillar of Islam is prayer; a prescribed liturgy performed five times a day (preferably in a mosque) and oriented toward Mecca

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: salat, salaat, salaah

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worship, pillar of Islam

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay salah.

As an Islamic/Arabic surname, as well as a Jewish adoption of it, from صَلاة (ṣalāh, “prayer”) or صَلاح (ṣalāḥ, “righteousness”).

Real reading context

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