adhan

English

Alternative forms

• aazaan, azan, athan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈðɑːn/, /əˈðɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

adhan (plural adhans)

2. (Islam) The call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh).

   If one were to pray alone, then no adhan is needed.

Translations

(Islam) The call to prayer

• Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
• Afar: adáan
• Afrikaans: adhaan (af), bang (af)
• Arabic: أَذَان (ʔaḏān)
• Armenian: ազան (hy) (azan)
• Assamese: আজান (azan)
• Bashkir: аҙан (aźan)
• Bengali: আজান (bn) (ajan), আযান (ajan)
• Bulgarian: езан (ezan)
• Catalan: àdhan m
• Central Melanau: bayeang, bang
• Cham:

  Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can

  Western Cham: please add this translation if you can

• Chechen: азан (azan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邦克 (zh) (bāngkè), 喚禮／唤礼 (zh) (huànlǐ)

• Czech: azán m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: ezan
• Finnish: rukouskutsu (fi); adhan
• French: adhan (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Adhān m, Muezzinruf (de) m, Gebetsruf (de) m
• Gujarati: અઝાન (ajhān), બાંગ f (bā̃g)
• Hindi: अज़ान f (azān), अजान (hi) f (ajān)
• Hungarian: adzán, ezán
• Indonesian: azan (id), bang (id)
• Iranun: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: アザーン (ja) (azān)
• Kazakh: азан (azan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: بانگ (bang)

• Kyrgyz: азан (ky) (azan)
• Maguindanao: ebang
• Malay: azan (ms), bang (ms)
• Maranao: bang
• Minangkabau: abang (min)
• Nogai: азан (azan)
• Pashto: اذان (ps)
• Persian: اذان (fa) (azân)
• Polish: adhan (pl) m
• Portuguese: adhan m
• Punjabi: ਅਜ਼ਾਨ (pa) (azān)
• Rohingya: azan
• Russian: аза́н (ru) m (azán)
• Saho: azaan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: езан m

  Roman: ezan (sh) m

• Simeulue: please add this translation if you can
• Somali: aadaan
• Spanish: llamada a la oración f, adhan m
• Swahili: adhana (sw)
• Swedish: böneutrop n
• Sylheti: ꠀꠎꠣꠘ (azan)
• Tajik: азон (azon)
• Tamil: அதான் (atāṉ)
• Tatar: азан (azan)
• Tausug: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ezan (tr)
• Turkmen: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: اذان f (āzān)
• Uyghur: ئازان (azan)
• Uzbek: azon (uz), азон (azon)
• Yakan: please add this translation if you can

See also

• hazzan
• iqama, ikamet, iqamat, iqamah
• muezzin

Anagrams

• Dahan, Hadan, hadna

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān). First attested in 1937.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈat.xan/
• Rhymes: -atxan
• Syllabification: ad‧han

Noun

adhan m inan

1. (Islam) adhan (the call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh))
   • 2009, Monika Różańska, “Geneza minaretów w kontekście badań nad wczesnomuzułmańskimi minaretami w Azji Środkowej (IX–XIII wiek)”, in Studia i Materiały Archeologiczne‎^[2], volume 14, →ISSN, pages 165–194:

     Pamiętając słowa: „idź do jakiegoś widocznego miejsca i przywołaj na modlitwę", Bilal prawdopodobnie pierwsze adhany zaczął deklamować właśnie z dachu.

     Remembering the words "go to some conspicuous place and call for prayer", Bilal probably began to recite his first adhanas from the roof.

   • 2015 May 27, Marina Achmedowa, Musiałam umrzeć‎^[3], Otwarte, →ISBN:

     Dlaczego traciłam czas, czytając niepotrzebne książki czy kupując na bazarze ładne ubrania? Dlaczego nie przyszłam tutaj, choć meczet był tak blisko? I codziennie dobiegał mnie czysty głos śpiewający adhan z minaretu? Dlaczego?

     Why was I wasting my time reading unnecessary books or buying nice clothes at the bazaar? Why didn't I come here even though the mosque was so close? And every day I heard a clear voice singing adhan from the minaret? Why?

   • 2023 January 25, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerozolima. Biografia‎^[4], Znak, →ISBN:

     Sprawdza, czy mikrofon jest włączony, i kiedy zegar na ścianie pokazuje właściwą godzinę, odwraca twarz w stronę Mekki i zaczyna wyśpiewywać adhan, który rozbrzmiewa na całym Starym Mieście.

     He checks if the microphone is on, and when the clock on the wall shows the right time, he turns his face towards Mecca and starts singing an adhan, which echoes throughout the Old Town.

Declension

Declension of adhan

	singular	plural
nominative	adhan	adhany
genitive	adhanu	adhanów
dative	adhanowi	adhanom
accusative	adhan	adhany
instrumental	adhanem	adhanami
locative	adhanie	adhanach
vocative	adhanie	adhany

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdɐ̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdan/ [ɐˈðan]

Noun

adhan m (plural adhans)

1. (Islam) adhan (the call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh))

Rade

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *dhaːn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan.

Noun

adhan (classifier aruăt or ƀĕ)

1. branch
2. twig

References

• James A. Tharp, Y-Bhăm Ƀuôn-yǎ (1980) A Rhade-English Dictionary with English-Rhade Finderlist (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-58)‎^[5], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, archived from the original on 1 November 2021, page 1

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

Noun

adhan m (plural adhans)

1. (Islam) adhan (the call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbirs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh))

Alternative forms

• adhán

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• azan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَذَان (ʔaḏān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdan/, [ʔɐˈdan]
• Rhymes: -an
• Homophone: Adan
• Syllabification: a‧dhan

Noun

adhán (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜈ᜔) (Islam)

1. adhan (call to prayer)

See also

• iqama