Etymology

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

Pronunciation