ละหมาด
Thai
Alternative forms
- นมาซ
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Classical Persian نماز (namāz). The beginning ล- (l-) might have been contaminated by Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh). Related to Thai นมัสการ (ná-mát-sà-gaan), from Sanskrit नमस्कार (namaskāra, literally “act of bowing”), from नमस् (namas, “bow”) + कार (kāra, “act; action”).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | ละหมาด l a h m ā ɗ | |
|---|---|---|
| Phonemic | ละ-หฺมาด l a – h ̥ m ā ɗ | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | lá-màat |
| Royal Institute | la-mat | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /la˦˥.maːt̚˨˩/(R) | |
Noun
ละหมาด • (lá-màat)
Verb
ละหมาด • (lá-màat) (abstract noun การละหมาด)