masjid

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US/mæsd͡ʒɪd/UK/mʌsd͡ʒɪd/

noun

A mosque.

“Any masjid where the practices are devoted absolutely to The God ALONE.”

Similar
musjid
OriginArabic مَسْجِد →
Less commonScrabble 16
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Meanings

nounmasjid (plural masjids or masajid)

plural masjids · plural masajid · alternative masjeed · alternative masjed · alternative masgid

  1. IslamA mosque.

    Any masjid where the practices are devoted absolutely to The God ALONE.

    2 more examples

    If you assign a place in your home or office for prayer, then it can be considered as your own masjid.

    A terribly painful sound never before heard in any masjid escaped Aashraf.

    2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Black Cobras”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 58

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(Islam) a Muslim place of worship

Similar
musjid
Broader
place of worshiphouse of prayerhouse of God
Also see
mosque

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Arabicمَسْجِد
  2. Englishmasjid

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the root س ج د (s j d). Doublet of mosque.

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APA

masjid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masjid

MLA

“masjid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masjid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “masjid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/masjid.

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