Jumma
/ˈdʒʊmə/noun
Friday, especially Friday as the day of the main congregational Muslim prayer.
Did you know?Jumma comes from the same Arabic root as words for gathering and community, reflecting the collective Friday prayer rather than merely the day’s place in the calendar.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*ǵ-m-ʕ
“To gather or bring together”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
جمع (jamaʿa)
“He gathered, assembled, or united”
Pre-Islamic–Early Islamic Arabic
Arabic
الجُمُعة (al-jumuʿah)
“The gathering; the communal Friday occasion”
Medieval Persian and Urdu
Persian/Urdu
جمعہ (jumʿa/jumma)
“Friday, especially the day of congregational prayer”
19th–20th Century
English
jumma
“Friday or the Friday congregational Muslim prayer, chiefly in South Asian English”