Etymology

abdest

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Today it means: The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish آبدست ← Classical Persian آبْدَسْت
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromآبْدَسْت
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromآبدست
  3. English todayabdest

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (modern Turkish abdest), from Classical Persian آبْدَسْت (ābdast), compound of آب (āb, “water”) and دست (dast, “hand”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.