Arabic vocabulary
مَسْجِدٌmosque in Arabic
مَسْجِدٌ is how you say “mosque” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root س ج د (s-j-d)noun (noun of place, ism al-makān)Pronounced masjid
Meaning of mosque in Arabic
- mosque — literally 'place of prostration' — where one performs sujūd in prayer
Formed on the place-noun pattern from the verb سَجَدَ 'to prostrate oneself, bow down,' masjid is the standard Arabic word for a place of Muslim worship, named for the act of prostration performed there.
Words from the same root
- سَجَدَto bow down, prostrate oneself
- سَاجِدٌone who is prostrating himself
- سَجْدَةٌa single act of prostration
- سَجَّادَةٌa small prayer mat or rug
- سَجَّادٌone who prostrates himself often
Common questions
- How do you say "mosque" in Arabic?
- مَسْجِدٌ (masjid) — literally 'place of prostration.'
- What does the root س ج د mean?
- It carries the sense of bowing down or prostrating oneself in humility, as in prayer.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
إذ نظر عمر إلى عمير حين أناخ على باب المسجد متوشحا بالسيف
Umar saw Umair when he arrived at the mosque's door, girded with a sword.
الْمَسْجِدِ — the mosque. al- = 'the'; masjid means 'mosque' — the 'of…' word: 'of the mosque'.
From: Early Converts to Islam →كل ليلة ينزل سبعون ألف ملك من السماء إلى الأرض إلى مسجد بيت المقدس
Every night, seventy thousand angels descend from the sky to the earth, to the mosque of Bayt al-Maqdis.
مَسْجِدِ — the mosque. masjid means 'mosque'; heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word; the noun after 'ila'.
From: Angels at al-Aqsa →
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