سجد

Meaning

Verb

1. to prostrate oneself, to bow down
2. to pay respect, to honor, to salute
3. to bend, to incline, to lower, especially a head
4. (dialectal) to stand, to stand tall or erect; possibly an extended sense, to be still, to stand reverently, to stand before in homage

Adj

1. (form-of, masculine, plural) inflection of سَاجِد (sājid):
2. (feminine, form-of, plural) inflection of سَاجِد (sājid):

Concepts

bow down

prostrate

prostration

worshiping

Translations

katzbuckeln

knien

zu Kreuze kriechen

dienern

kotauen

se prosterner

saluer à la chinoise

Etymology

From Aramaic סְגִד (“to bow down in respect”), likely via or at least semantically influenced by Classical Syriac ܣܓܶܕ (sg̱ed), developing further in Arabic as the root س ج د (s j d). See the cognate Hebrew סגד (sagád).