Mosque

A mosque (/mɒsk/; Arabic:مسجد, msjd) is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word entered English from a French word which probably derived from Italian moschea, a variant of Italian moscheta, from either Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit’) or Greek μασγίδιον (masgídion), from Arabic ماسجيد (masjyd), meaning "place of worship" or "prostration in prayer", from the Arabic سدج (sajada), meaning "to bow down in prayer" or "worship", probably ultimately of Aramaic origin.