minaret

English

Three minarets of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

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Etymology

From Turkish minare, from Arabic منارة (manaara(t)), “lighthouse”). Entered into English around 1682.

Noun

minaret (plural minarets)

1. the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 2

     And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.

Translations

mosque tower

• Arabic: مئذنة (ar) (mi’dhána) f, منارة (ar) (manaara) f
• Armenian: մինարեթ (hy) (minaret’) 
• Azeri: minarə (az)
• Bulgarian: минаре (bg) (minare) n 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尖塔 (cmn) (jiāntǎ), 叫拜樓 (cmn), 叫拜楼 (cmn) (jiàobàilóu), 宣禮塔 (cmn), 宣礼塔 (cmn) (xuānlǐtǎ), 光塔 (cmn) (guāngtǎ)

• Czech: minaret (cs) m
• Dutch: minaret (nl)
• Esperanto: minareto (eo)
• Estonian: minarett (et)
• Finnish: minareetti (fi)
• French: minaret (fr) m
• Georgian: მინარეთი (ka) (minaret’i) 
• German: Minarett (de) n
• Hebrew: צריח (he) (tzeryakh) m
• Hindi: मीनार (hi) (mīnār) m, मीनारा (hi) (mīnārā) m, लाठ (hi) (lāṭh) f

• Hungarian: minaret (hu)
• Irish: miontúr (ga) m
• Italian: minareto (it) m
• Japanese: ミナレット (ja) (minaretto)
• Macedonian: минаре (mk) (mínare) n
• Persian: مناره (fa) (menâre), منار (fa) (menâr)
• Polish: minaret (pl) m
• Russian: минарет (ru) (minarét) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: минарет (sh) m, мунара (sh) f, мунар (sh) m

  Roman: minaret (sh) m, munara (sh) f, munar (sh) m

• Slovak: minaret (sk)
• Spanish: alminar (es) m, minarete (es) m
• Turkish: minare (tr)
• Urdu: مینار (ur) (mīnār) m, مینارا (ur) (mīnārā) m, منار (ur) (manār) m, منارہ (ur) (manāra) m, لاٹھ (ur) (lāṭh) f

Anagrams

• artemin, raiment

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Etymology

From Turkish minare, from Arabic منارة (manaara(t))).

Noun

minaret f, m (plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje)

1. minaret

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French

Etymology

From Turkish minare, from Arabic منارة (manaara(t))).

Noun

minaret m (plural minarets)

1. minaret

Anagrams

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, termina

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Hungarian

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Etymology

From Turkish minare, from Arabic منارة (manaara(t))).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈminɒrɛt/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

minaret

1. minaret

Declension

declension of minaret singular plural nominative minaret minaretek accusative minaretet minareteket dative minaretnek minareteknek instrumental minarettel minaretekkel causal-final minaretért minaretekért translative minaretté minaretekké terminative minaretig minaretekig essive-formal minaretként minaretekként essive-modal - - inessive minaretben minaretekben superessive minareten minareteken adessive minaretnél minareteknél illative minaretbe minaretekbe sublative minaretre minaretekre allative minarethez minaretekhez elative minaretből minaretekből delative minaretről minaretekről ablative minarettől minaretektől

possessives of minaret possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. minaretem minaretjeim 2nd person sing. minareted minaretjeid 3rd person sing. minaretje minaretjei 1st person plural minaretünk minaretjeink 2nd person plural minaretetek minaretjeitek 3rd person plural minaretjük minaretjeik

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Latin

Verb

mināret

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of minō

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Polish

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Noun

minaret m

1. minaret

Declension

    declension of minaret

	singular	plural
nominative	minaret	minarety
genitive	minaretu	minaretów
dative	minaretowi	minaretom
accusative	minaret	minarety
instrumental	minaretem	minaretami
locative	minarecie	minaretach
vocative	minarecie	minarety

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Turkish minare, from Arabic منارة (manaara(t))).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /minǎːret/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

mináret m (Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)

1. minaret

Declension

    declension of minaret

	singular	plural
nominative	minaret	minareti
genitive	minareta	minareta
dative	minaretu	minaretima
accusative	minaret	minarete
vocative	minarete	minareti
locative	minaretu	minaretima
instrumental	minaretom	minaretima

Synonyms

• munára