Sajdah
/ˈsɑːdʒ.də/noun
A prostration in Islamic prayer, especially the act of bowing fully to the ground in submission to God.
Did you know?Sajdah comes from the Arabic root s-j-d, the same root behind words for prostration and places of worship, showing how physical submission became a spiritual language of reverence.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
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*s-ǵ-d
“to bow down, prostrate oneself”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
سَجَدَ (sajada)
“he prostrated himself; bowed down”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
سَجْدَة (sajdah)
“a prostration; an act of bowing to the ground”
Modern English
English
sajdah
“the Islamic act of prostration in prayer”