musala

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan), from صَلَّى (ṣallā, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muˈsala]
• Hyphenation: mu‧sa‧la

Noun

musala (first-person possessive musalaku, second-person possessive musalamu, third-person possessive musalanya)

1. (Islam) musalla: A place for praying (e.g. outside a mosque); a praying room.

   Synonyms: langgar, surau

2. (Islam) prayer rug

   Synonym: sajadah

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀼𑀲𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• मुसल (Devanagari script)
• মুসল (Bengali script)
• මුසල (Sinhalese script)
• မုသလ (Burmese script)
• มุสล or มุสะละ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᩈᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸສລ or ມຸສະລະ (Lao script)
• មុសល (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄥𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मुसल (musala, “pestle”).

Noun

musala m or n

1. pestle
2. club (weapon)
3. crowbar

Declension

Declension table of "musala" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	musalo	musalā
Accusative (second)	musalaṃ	musale
Instrumental (third)	musalena	musalehi or musalebhi
Dative (fourth)	musalassa or musalāya or musalatthaṃ	musalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	musalasmā or musalamhā or musalā	musalehi or musalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	musalassa	musalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	musalasmiṃ or musalamhi or musale	musalesu
Vocative (calling)	musala	musalā

Some of these forms are different when the gender is neuter:

Declension table of "musala" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	musalaṃ	musalāni
Accusative (second)	musalaṃ	musalāni
Vocative (calling)	musala	musalāni

Coordinate terms

• udukkhala (“mortar”)

Derived terms

• musalin (“armed with a club”)

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay musala, from Arabic مُصَلًّى (muṣallan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ˈs̪a.l̪a/

Noun

musala

1. a mat

   mene de ti deto di musala ― this is my grandmother's mat

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics