صلاة
ṣalāh/sˤa.laːh/
Salat in Arabic is صلاة (ṣalāh), the word for the Islamic ritual prayer.
صلاة refers to the formal prayer that Muslims perform five times a day.
Meaning: Islamic prayer (noun)
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Egyptian Arabic it is commonly called el-sala.
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural with the article is الصلوات, the prayers. To say someone prays, use the verb يُصَلِّي, he prays.
How do you pronounce it?
The IPA is /sˤa.laːh/. It has two syllables with the stress on the long second one, and the first s is a heavy, emphatic sound.
Did you know?
- In many Arabic-speaking cultures, the call to صلاة is not just a religious signal but a social marker that pauses business and commerce across entire cities.
- While صلاة refers to the ritual prayer, the same root is used to describe the 'blessings' sent upon the Prophet Muhammad in the phrase الصلاة على النبي.
- The word صلاة shares an ancient linguistic ancestor with the Aramaic word ṣəlōṯā, which was used in Classical Syriac.
Examples in context
- يُؤَدِّي اَلْمُسْلِمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِMuslims perform salat five times a day.Here الصَّلَاةَ appears with the article as the prayer that Muslims perform five times a day.
- بتقدر تعلّمني كيف أنطق "صلاة" بالعربية؟Could you please show me how to say "salat" in Arabic?
- هل يمكنني أن أطلب مساعدة في نطق كلمة "الصلاة"؟May I ask for assistance in saying the word "as-salah"?
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry صلاة, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries صلاة, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
