selawat

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• salawat, salwat, sholawat, solawat

Etymology

From Malay [Term?], from Arabic صَلَوَات (ṣalawāt), plural of صَلَاة (ṣalāh, “salat, prayer”), from Classical Syriac ܨܠܘܬܐ (ṣəlōṯāʾ, “prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səlawat̚]
• Hyphenation: se‧la‧wat

Noun

selawat

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Derived terms

• berselawat
• menyelawat
• selawatan

 

Further reading

• “selawat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.