Etymology

Borrowing from Persian نماز ‎(namâz) from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭮𐭢𐭣𐭤 ‎(namāč, namāz, “reverence, prostration, prayer”) / 𐬥𐬀𐬨𐬁𐬰 ‎(namāz), from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *namas- ‎(“to bow, prostrate”). Compare Sanskrit नमस् ‎(namas).