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4-letter words (1 found)

WUDU,

3-letter words (1 found)

WUD,

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Definitions and meaning of wudu

wudu

Alternative forms

  • wudu', wudhu, wuzu, woodoo

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwuːduː/, /ˈwʊduː/

Noun

wudu (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
  2. (Islam) the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

Synonyms

  • abdest

Coordinate terms

  • ghusl
  • wazukhana

Translations

Borôro

Verb

wudu

  1. to fall

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay [Term?] (Standard Malay wuduk), from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.du/
  • Rhymes: -du
  • Hyphenation: wu‧du

Noun

wudu (plural wudu-wudu, first-person possessive wuduku, second-person possessive wudumu, third-person possessive wudunya)

  1. (Islam) wudu:
    1. form of ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer
    2. the state of purity that is achieved by this washing

Alternative forms

The Standard Malay form in Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore is wuduk.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “wudu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • widu, wiodu, wudo
  • ᚹᚢᛞᚢ (wudu)Franks Casket

Etymology

Dissimilated from earlier widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz, from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu- (tree, beam).

Cognate with Old Saxon widu, Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Old Irish fid, Welsh gwŷdd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.du/

Noun

wudu m

  1. wood
  2. forest, woods
  3. tree

Declension

Synonyms

  • (wood): holt
  • (forest): holt, weald
  • (tree): trēow, bēam

Derived terms

  • wuduweard (forester)

Descendants

  • Middle English: wude, wode
    • English: wood
    • Scots: wude, wuid

See also

  • triewen (wooden)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English voodoo, from Louisiana Creole voudou, from Haitian Creole vodou, from a West African language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvu.du/
  • Rhymes: -udu
  • Syllabification: wu‧du

Noun

wudu n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative spelling of voodoo

Further reading

  • wudu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈwudu/, [ˈwu.dʊ]
  • Rhymes: -udu
  • Syllabification: wu‧du

Noun

wudu (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜓᜇᜓ) (Islam)

  1. wudu

See also

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwu.d̪u/

Verb

wudu

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of udu (to blow)

Conjugation

Noun

wudu

  1. Alternative form of udu (wind)

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary[1], Pacific linguistics

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