# صلاة
## Arabic
### Alternative forms

* صَلَوٰة (ṣalāh) — classical spelling

### Etymology

Normalized spelling of earlier صَلَوٰة (ṣalāh), from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬ (ṣəlōṯ), whence the denominal root ص ل و (ṣ l w). It is also thought to be derived from the root و ص ل (w ṣ l). Compare Ugaritic 𐎕𐎍𐎚 (ṣlt). Compare Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (ṣélā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˤa.laːh/
** (Gulf Arabic) IPA: /sˤə.ɫaːt/

### Noun

صَلَاة • (ṣalāh) f (plural صَلَوَات (ṣalawāt))
* verbal noun of صَلَّى (ṣallā) (form II)
* prayer in general; spontaneous prayer
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:103:وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَهُمْwa-ṣalli ʕalayhim ʔinna ṣalātaka sakanun lahumand pray for them—surely your prayer is a source of comfort for them.
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:110:قُلِ ٱدْعُوا ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ أَيًّا مَا تَدْعُوا فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَاءُ ٱلْحُسْنَى وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًاquli dʕū l-laha ʔawi dʕū r-raḥmāna ʔayyan mā tadʕū fa-lahu l-ʔasmāʔu l-ḥusnā wa-lā tajhar bi-ṣalātika wa-lā tuḵāfit bihā wa-btaḡi bayna ḏālika sabīlanSay (to them, O Mohammed): Call upon (Him by) "God" or call upon (Him by) "ar-Raḥmân" ("The Merciful One"); whichever you call upon (Him by), (remember that) the most beautiful of names belong to Him; and be not very loud in your prayers nor be very quiet but follow a way in between.
** (Islam) salat, namaz, prayer
    يُؤَدِّي اَلْمُسْلِمُونَ الصَّلَاةَ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ فِي الْيَوْمِyuʔaddī l-muslimūna ṣ-ṣalāta ḵamsa marrātin fī l-yawmiMuslims perform the prayer five times a day.
* place of worship, especially of the Jews, hence a synagogue
** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:40:وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَّصَلَوَاتٌ وَّمَسٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللهِ كَثِيرًاwalawlā dafʕu llāhi n-nāsa baʕḍahum bibaʕḍin lahuddimat ṣawāmiʕu wabiyaʕun waṣalawātun wamasājidu yuḏkaru fīhā smu llāhi kaṯīranAnd were it not that God checks some people by others there in fact would have been demolished churches and monastic cells, and synagogues and mosques wherein the name of God is oft-mentioned.
* (Islam) supplication, especially the supplication (from God) of blessing and well-being (on somebody)
** (by extension) blessing and well-being
*** 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:157:أُولَٰئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌʔūlāʔika ʕalayhim ṣalawātun min rabbihim waraḥmatunThose are the ones upon whom are blessing and well-being as well as mercy from their Lord.

#### Derived terms

* عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi ṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu)
* صَلَاة السَّاعَات الْكَبِيرَة (ṣalā(t) as-sāʕāt al-kabīra)

#### Related terms

* دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “supplication, du'a'”)
* زَكَاة (zakāh, “almsgiving, zakat”)
* صَوْم (ṣawm, “fast, sawm”)

#### Descendants

* → Afar: salat
* → Armenian: սալավաթ (salavatʻ)
* → Azerbaijani: salavat
* → Bashkir: салауат (salawat), Салауат (Salawat) (proper name)
* → English: salat
* → Georgian: სალავათი (salavati)
* → Persian: صلات (salât)
* → Indonesian: salat, shalat, solat, sholat (all nonstandard)
* → Japanese: サラー (sarā)
* → Judeo-Arabic: צלא (ṣla, “synagogue”)
* → Kazakh: салауат (salauat)
* → Malay: solat
* → Ottoman Turkish: صلوات (salavat)
** Turkish: salavat
* → Tatar: салават (salawat)
* → Russian: саля́т (salját)
* → Spanish: azalá
* → Swahili: swala

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic صَلَاة (ṣalāh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sˤa.laː/, [sˤɑˈlɑː]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Noun

صلاة • (ṣalā) f (plural صلوات (ṣalawāt))
* prayer