muezzin

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[edit] Etymology

From Turkish müezzin [1] < Arabic مؤذن (mu’áððin), “‘one who calls (to prayer), crier’”).

[edit] Noun

Singular
muezzin

Plural
muezzins

muezzin (plural muezzins)

  1. The man who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.

[edit] Translations

The man who issues the call to prayer

[edit] References

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