نماز دیگر

Persian

Etymology

Compound of نماز (namāz, “prayer”) +‎ دیگر (dīgar, “other; more”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.mɑː.zi diː.ɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.zɪ d̪iː.ɡäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.zɪ d̪iː.ɡäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.mɑː.zɪ d̪iː.ɡäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔː.zi d̪i.ɡäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.mɒː.ze d̪iː.ɡʲæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.mɔ.zi d̪i.ɡäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	namāz-i dīgar
Dari reading?	namāz-i dīgar
Iranian reading?	namâz-e digar
Tajik reading?	namoz-i digar

Noun

نماز دیگر • (namâz-e digar)

1. asr prayer (the Islamic afternoon prayer)
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 411:

     تا نماز دیگر آن کودک گریست
     شیخ دیده بست و در وی ننگریست

     tā namāz-i dīgar ān kōdak girīst
     šayx dīda bast u dar way nanigarīst

     Till afternoon prayers the boy wept;
     the Shaykh closed his eyes and did not look at him.

Coordinate terms

• نماز پیشین (“dhuhr”)
• نماز شام (“maghrib”)

Descendants

• → Pashto: نمازديګر (nəmâzdigar)
• → Punjabi: namāz-e ḍīgar

  Gurmukhi script: ਨਮਾਜ਼-ਏ-ਡੀਗਰ

  Shahmukhi script: نمازِ ڈیگر

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نماز دیگر”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim