musala

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan), from صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [muˈsala]
  • Hyphenation: mu‧sa‧la

Noun

musala (first-person possessive musalaku, second-person possessive musalamu, third-person possessive musalanya)

  1. (Islam) musalla: A place for praying (e.g. outside a mosque); a praying room.
    Synonyms: langgar, surau
  2. (Islam) prayer rug
    Synonym: sajadah

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀲𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • मुसल (Devanagari script)
  • মুসল (Bengali script)
  • මුසල (Sinhalese script)
  • မုသလ (Burmese script)
  • มุสล or มุสะละ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩩᩈᩃ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຸສລ or ມຸສະລະ (Lao script)
  • មុសល (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄪𑄥𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मुसल (musala, “pestle”)

Noun

musala m or n

  1. pestle[1][2]
  2. club (weapon)[1][2]
  3. crowbar[2]

Declension
Declension table of "musala" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)musalomusalā
Accusative (second)musalaṃmusale
Instrumental (third)musalenamusalehi or musalebhi
Dative (fourth)musalassa or musalāya or musalatthaṃmusalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)musalasmā or musalamhā or musalāmusalehi or musalebhi
Genitive (sixth)musalassamusalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)musalasmiṃ or musalamhi or musalemusalesu
Vocative (calling)musalamusalā

Some of these forms are different when the gender is neuter:

Declension table of "musala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)musalaṃmusalāni
Accusative (second)musalaṃmusalāni
Vocative (calling)musalamusalāni

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • musalin (“armed with a club”)[1]

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 252.
  2. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “musala”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.ˈs̪a.l̪a/

Noun

musala

  1. a mat
    mene de ti deto di musala ― this is my grandmother's mat

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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