wuzu

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/ˈwuːzuː/

A form of wudu — A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer.

OriginOttoman Turkish [script needed] →
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Meanings

nounwuzu (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableIslamAlternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”).

    1885: So they ceased to urge her; and the trader rose from amongst them and repaired to an out house to perform Wuzu ablution, and he purposed thereafter to return and to tell them his secret and to die. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkish[script needed]
  2. Englishwuzu

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (vuzu).

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