سجدہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَجْدَه (sajda), from Arabic سَجْدَة (sajda).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səd͡ʒ.d̪ɑ(ː)/
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Hyphenation: سَج‧دَہ
Noun
سَجْدَہ • (sajda) m (Hindi spelling सजदा)
- prostration
- (Islam) sujud, a single act of prostration
- (Qur'an) the name of the 32nd chapter of the Qur'an
- (figuratively) prayer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سَجْدَہ (sajdah) | سَجْدے (sajde) |
| oblique | سَجْدے (sajde) | سَجْدوں (sajdõ) |
| vocative | سَجْدے (sajde) | سَجْدو (sajdo) |
Further reading
- “سجدہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “سجدہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سجدہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.