Surau
A surau is an Islamic assembly building, originating in West Sumatra and later becoming common and institutionalised in Malaysia, and found throughout Singapore and Thailand.Photo: Aswilnazir, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: Muslim prayer room
- Also known as: “surau”
Surau
- Categories: type of building, mosque, and religious building
- Location: Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, South Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Surau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوراو”
- Bengali: “সুরাও”
- Chinese: “祈祷室”
- Chinese: “祈禱室”
- Chinese: “蘇勞”
- German: “Surau”
- Indonesian: “surau”
- Indonesian: “Surau”
- Madurese: “Surau”
- Malay: “balai saf”
- Malay: “langgar”
- Malay: “surau”
- Malay: “Surau”
- Malay: “بالاي صف”
- Malay: “سوراو”
- Malay: “لڠݢر”
- Minangkabau: “Surau”
- Portuguese: “Surau”
- Sundanese: “tajug”
- Sundanese: “Tajug”
- Urdu: “سوراؤ”
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