verbal noun of صَلَّى (ṣallā) (form II) · prayer · salat, namaz
çekim: çoğul صَلَوَات · tamlayan صَلَاةٍ
köken: Normalized spelling of earlier صَلَوٰة (ṣalāh), from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬ (ṣəlōṯ), whence the denominal root ص ل و (ṣ l w). It is also thought to be derived from the root و ص ل (w ṣ l). Compare Ugaritic 𐎕𐎍𐎚 (ṣlt). Compare Biblical Hebrew צֶלָה (ṣélā).
köken: From Middle Persian [Term?] (/āhūg/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus (“sharp, swift”). Cognates with Northern Kurdish ask and Baluchi آسک (ásk).
köken: From Middle Mongol [script needed] (ǰērän, “antelope”), from Proto-Turkic *yẹgren (“yellow, chestnut”). Compare Middle Mongol ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ (ǰegere) and modern Mongolian зээр (zeer).
köken: From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “prayer”). Cognate with Kazakh дұға (dūğa), Kyrgyz дуба (duba), Uzbek duo, Turkmen doga, Turkish dua (“prayer”), etc.
köken: Inherited from Old Ruthenian моли́тва (molítva, “prayer”), from Old East Slavic молитва (molitva, “prayer”), from Proto-Slavic *modlitva. By surface analysis, моли́ти (molýty) + -тва (-tva).