salat

American  

[suh-laht] / səˈlɑt /

noun

Islam.

1. prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.

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Etymology

Origin of salat

From the Arabic word ṣalāh, ṣalāt “prayer”

Example Sentences

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 began the salat, bringing his hands up to the sides of his head and saying, "Allahu akbar, God is great."

From The Saracen: The Holy War 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

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