‖ masjid
(ˈmʌsdʒɪd)
Also musjid.
[a. Arab. masjid: see mosque.]
A mosque.
| 1845 Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 204 There are many mosques or musjids in Patna. 1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 38 In the small island of Khwája Khizr..is a masjid, or mosque. 1882 Floyer Unexpl. Baluchistan 96 A ground plan of a house marked in white stones and evidently intended for a masjid. |