Jami
/ˈdʒɑːmi/noun
A congregational mosque, especially one used for communal Friday prayers.
Did you know?Jāmiʿ is the Arabic active participle of a verb meaning “to gather,” and the same root appears in Islamic terms for communal assembly and consensus.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*g-m-ʿ
“To gather or bring together”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
جمع (jamaʿa)
“He gathered, assembled, or united”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
جامع (jāmiʿ)
“Gathering; an assembler; a mosque for communal worship”
Medieval Persian
Persian
جامع (jāmeʿ)
“Congregational mosque or principal mosque of a city”
Medieval and Modern South Asian usage
Urdu/Hindi
جامعہ / jāmiʿ
“A major mosque or religious institution; forms vary by region”
Modern English
English
jami
“A congregational mosque, particularly in South Asian contexts”