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wudu

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

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  • /ˈwuːduː/
  • /ˈwʊduː/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of purity that is achieved by this washing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: avdes — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Arabic: وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Azerbaijani: dəstəmaz — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Azerbaijani: abdəst — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Azerbaijani: təharət — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Bashkir: тәһәрәт (təhərət) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Bengali: ওজু (ōju) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Bengali: আবদস্ত (abdosto) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Bulgarian: абде́ст (abdést) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小淨 /小净 (xiǎojìng) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Dutch: woedoe — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Finnish: rukouspesu — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • German: kleine Waschung — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • German: Wudu — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Gujarati: વુઝૂ (vujhū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Gujarati: વુજૂ (vujū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Gujarati: આબદસ્ત (ābadast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Hebrew: וֻדוּא — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Hindi: वुज़ू (vuzū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Hindi: वज़ू (vazū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Hindi: आबदस्त (ābdast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Indonesian: wudu — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Japanese: ウドゥー (udū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Japanese: ウドゥ (udu) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Javanese: wulu — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Kazakh: дәрет (däret) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Korean: 우두 (udu) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Northern Kurdish: avdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Northern Kurdish: abdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Northern Kurdish: awdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Kyrgyz: даарат (daarat) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Macedonian: абдест (abdest) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Malay: wuduk — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Malayalam: വുദു (vudu) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Persian: وُضُو (wuzū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Persian: آبْدَسْت (ābdast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Iranian Persian: وُضو (vozu) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Iranian Persian: آبْدَسْت (âbdast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Polish: abdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Portuguese: abdeste — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Russian: абде́ст (abdɛ́st) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Russian: вуду́ (vudú) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Russian: вуду́г (vudúg) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Russian: омове́ние (omovénije) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀бдест — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀бдес — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀вдест — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: àbdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: àbdes — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Serbo-Croatian: àvdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Spanish: abdesto — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Sundanese: abdas — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Swahili: udhu — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Tajik: вузӯ (vuzü) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Tajik: обдаст (obdast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Tajik: дастнамоз (dastnamoz) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Tajik: таҳорат (tahorat) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Tatar: тәһарәт (täharät) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Turkish: abdest — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Turkish: taharet — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Turkmen: täret — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Ukrainian: вуду́ (vudú) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Ukrainian: абде́ст (abdést) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Ukrainian: омові́ння (omovínnja) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Urdu: وُضُو (vuzū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Urdu: وَضُو (vazū) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Urdu: آبْدَسْت (ābdast) — ritual washing after minor impurity
  • Uzbek: tahorat — ritual washing after minor impurity