Standard Lemma guide

salat

name · noun · 3 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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  • /səˈlɑːt/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A right tributary of the Garonne in Occitania, France.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a day and the second of the five pillars of Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: namaz

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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: salaat, salah, salaah

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worship, pillar of Islam

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French Salat.

Etymology tree Aramaic צלא Aramaic צלותא (ṣəlōṯā) Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬ (ṣəlōṯ)bor. Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh)bor. English salat From Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: namaz — Islamic prayer
  • Arabic: صَلَاة (ṣalāh) — Islamic prayer
  • Arabic: صلا (ṣála) — Islamic prayer
  • Armenian: նամազ (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Avar: как (kak) — Islamic prayer
  • Azerbaijani: namaz — Islamic prayer
  • Bashkir: намаҙ (namaź) — Islamic prayer
  • Belarusian: нама́з (namáz) — Islamic prayer
  • Bengali: নামাজ (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Bengali: সালাত (salat) — Islamic prayer
  • Bulgarian: нама́з (namáz) — Islamic prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 薩拉特 /萨拉特 (sàlātè) — Islamic prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜 /礼拜 (lǐbài) — Islamic prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乃瑪子 /乃玛子 (nǎimǎzi) — Islamic prayer
  • Ngazidja Comorian: swala — Islamic prayer
  • Dhivehi: ނަމާދު (namādu) — Islamic prayer
  • Finnish: salat — Islamic prayer
  • Finnish: rukoushetki — Islamic prayer
  • French: salat — Islamic prayer
  • Georgian: ნამაზი (namazi) — Islamic prayer
  • Georgian: სალათი (salati) — Islamic prayer
  • German: (islamisches) Pflichtgebet — Islamic prayer
  • German: Salat — Islamic prayer
  • Greek: σαλάτ (salát) — Islamic prayer
  • Gujarati: નમાજ (namāj) — Islamic prayer
  • Hindi: नमाज़ (namāz) — Islamic prayer
  • Indonesian: salat — Islamic prayer
  • Indonesian: solat — Islamic prayer
  • Japanese: サラート (sarāto) — Islamic prayer
  • Japanese: ナマーズ (namāzu) — Islamic prayer
  • Javanese: ꦱꦭꦠ꧀ (salat) — Islamic prayer
  • Javanese: ꦱꦺꦴꦭꦠ꧀ (solat) — Islamic prayer
  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦲꦾꦁ (sembahyang) — Islamic prayer
  • Kazakh: намаз (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Korean: 살라트 (sallateu) — Islamic prayer
  • Central Kurdish: نِوێژ (niwêj) — Islamic prayer
  • Northern Kurdish: nivêj — Islamic prayer
  • Kyrgyz: намаз (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Malay: solat — Islamic prayer
  • Malay: sembahyang — Islamic prayer
  • Marwari: निमाज (nimāj) — Islamic prayer
  • Marwari: निवाज (nivāj) — Islamic prayer
  • Nepali: नमाज (namāj) — Islamic prayer
  • Pashto: لمونځ (lmunz) — Islamic prayer
  • Pashto: صلات (salãt) — Islamic prayer
  • Persian: نماز (namâz) — Islamic prayer
  • Portuguese: salá — Islamic prayer
  • Punjabi: نماز (namāz) — Islamic prayer
  • Rohingya: numás — Islamic prayer
  • Rohingya: numáz — Islamic prayer
  • Russian: нама́з (namáz) — Islamic prayer
  • Russian: саля́т (salját) — Islamic prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: на̀ма̄з — Islamic prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: nàmāz — Islamic prayer
  • Sindhi: نماز (namāz) — Islamic prayer
  • Spanish: azalá — Islamic prayer
  • Swahili: swala — Islamic prayer
  • Swedish: salah — Islamic prayer
  • Tajik: намоз (namoz) — Islamic prayer
  • Tatar: намаз (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Thai: ละหมาด (lá-màat) — Islamic prayer
  • Thai: นมาซ — Islamic prayer
  • Turkish: namaz — Islamic prayer
  • Ottoman Turkish: نماز (namâz) — Islamic prayer
  • Turkmen: namaz — Islamic prayer
  • Ukrainian: нама́з (namáz) — Islamic prayer
  • Urdu: نماز (namāz) — Islamic prayer
  • Urdu: صَلات (ṣalāt) — Islamic prayer
  • Uyghur: ناماز (namaz) — Islamic prayer
  • Uzbek: namoz — Islamic prayer