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
Und troonker more, und troonker yet, und troonker shtill cot ve, In rosy lighdt shtill drivin on agross a fairy sea; Denn madder, vilder, frantic-er, I proked a salat dish!
From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey
Every one called her "bean salat," as the Pennsylvania Germans call it, delicious.
From Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" by Thomas, Edith
He tried to forget his surroundings and to think only of the salat.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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