salat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salat
From the Arabic word ṣalāh, ṣalāt “prayer”
Vocabulary lists containing salat
Muslim Empires and the Middle East - High School
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Muslim Empires and the Middle East - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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I remember, as the sun dipped behind the large expanse that was Lake Champlain, trying to make it home for evening salat but more often than not praying on a patch of grass.
From Time • Dec. 1, 2015
Every Friday at noon from Cairo to Karachi, the thin nasal wail of muezzins crying, "There is no God but Allah," calls the faithful to the salat al-jami, the obligatory Friday service.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tried to forget his surroundings and to think only of the salat.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
Daoud was mentally repeating the salat for the third time when he heard footsteps and the click of hooves coming up the road.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
He said the words of the salat, the required prayer, in his mind.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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