Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Purification or ablution before prayer: a Mohammedan rite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.

Etymologies

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From Turkish abdest, from Persian آبدست (âbdast), compound of آب (âb, "water") and دست (dast, "hand").

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Examples

  • Slide 34: Merr mirë abdest (me sinqeritet dhe duke i plotësuar kushtet e abdestit) dhe vazhdo të jesh i pastërt dhe i rregulluar vazhdimisht!

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  • Slide 34: Merr mirë abdest (me sinqeritet dhe duke i plotësuar kushtet e abdestit) dhe vazhdo të jesh i pastërt dhe i rregulluar vazhdimisht!

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