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SWAHILI · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

msala.

prayer mat

5 characters2 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. prayer mat

    class-iii

  2. any mat

    broadly · class-iii
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic مُصَلَّى (muṣallā, “place of prayer”).

noun

  1. private chamber, retreat

    class-iii

  2. bathroom, toilet

    class-iii · especially
Where this word comes from

Mostly treated as identical with etymology 1. The sense can be derived without difficulty from situations where someone retreats to a private chamber for prayer, and particularly from the ablutions necessary beforehand. Sergio Baldi instead connects it tentatively with Arabic زَلاقة (zalāqa, “slipperiness”), but this seems less likely.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.