meshkita

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid, “mosque”, literally “place of prostration”), from the verbal root سَجَدَ (sajada, “to prostrate, bow down”). Cognate with Spanish mezquita.

Noun

meshkita f (plural meshkitas)

  1. mosque
    Synonyms: djami, mezkita
    • 2019 April 3, Metin DELEVİ, “Djudios en Christchurch i en la Mueva Zelanda?”, in Şalom‎[1]:
      3 semanas antes, en el 15 de Marso egzaktamente, afito un atako kontra dos meshkitas en Christchurch.
      3 weeks ago, on the 15th of March to be exact, there was an attack on two mosques in Christchurch.
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