Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#WUZUCategory:English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#WUZU [script needed]Category:Requests for native script for Ottoman Turkish terms#WUZU (vuzu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwuːzuː/Category:English 2-syllable words#WUZUCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WUZU

Noun

wuzu (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#WUZUCategory:English nouns#WUZUCategory:English uncountable nouns#WUZUCategory:English uncountable nouns#WUZUCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WUZUCategory:Pages with entries#WUZUCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WUZU

1. (IslamCategory:en:Islam#WUZU) Alternative form of wudu (“the minor ablution in Islam”).
   • 1885: So they ceased to urge her; and the trader rose from amongst them and repaired to an out house to perform Wuzu ablution, and he purposed thereafter to return and to tell them his secret and to die. — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1