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See also: müezzin

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Etymology

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From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, one who calls (to prayer), crier).[1]

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muezzin (plural muezzins)

  1. (Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
    Hypernym: cleric
    • 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer:
      approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi)
    • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 266:
      I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.

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  1. ^ "muezzin." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2009.

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French muessin, from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (modern Turkish müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin).

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  • IPA(key): /mɥɛd.zin/
  • Audio (Switzerland):(file)

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muezzin m (plural muezzins)

  1. muezzin

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /muˈɛz.zin/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzzin
  • Syllabification: mu‧ez‧zin

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muezzin m pers

  1. Alternative form of muezin

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin).

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muezzin c

  1. (Islam) a muezzin
    Synonym: böneutropare

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