Home › Words › N › namaznamaznamaz means synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).EtymologyFrom Ottoman Turkish نماز (namâz) (Turkish namaz) and Urdu نماز (namāz), and their source, Classical Persian نماز (namāz).nounSynonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).e.g.“Dr Jaffry was prostrated on a prayer carpet, finishing his evening namaz.” — 1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 228:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).