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Jumma

Jumma

9.3
A Muslim group prayer on Friday or a person from a native group in Bangladesh
  • proper noun
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  • Every Friday, Muslims gather at the mosque for Jumma prayers.

Examples

  • Every Friday, I attend the Jumma prayer at the mosque.

  • The Jumma people have a rich cultural heritage in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

  • He invited his friends to join him for Jumma at the local mosque.

  • The Jumma gathering is an important event for our community.

  • Every Friday, Muslims gather at the mosque for Jumma prayers.

  • He invited his friends to join him for Jumma at the local mosque.

  • The Jumma people have a rich cultural heritage in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

Surface Forms

Jumma main

Etymology

Jumma comes from the Arabic Jumu'ah, meaning 'gathering', and so it names the Friday group prayer in Islam; the same spelling Jumma is also used in English for an indigenous people in Bangladesh, which is a local community name.