Dictionary

muezzin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /muˈɛ.zɪn/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

muezzinlike

Hypernyms

cleric

Synonyms

provost

Translations (80)

ms tukang bang (person who issues call to prayer) · su modin (person who issues call to prayer) · ka მუეძინი (person who issues call to prayer) · hy մուեզին (person who issues call to prayer) · id muazin (person who issues call to prayer) · ar مُؤَذِّن (person who issues call to prayer) · nb muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · el μουεζίνης (person who issues call to prayer) · ky мазин (person who issues call to prayer) · uz muazzin (person who issues call to prayer) · lv muedzins (person who issues call to prayer) · sk muezín (person who issues call to prayer) · tr müezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · sl mujezin (person who issues call to prayer) · sh mujèzīn (person who issues call to prayer) · cmn 喚禮員 /唤礼员 (person who issues call to prayer) · cmn 穆安津 (person who issues call to prayer) · hi मुअज्जन (person who issues call to prayer) · tk azançy (person who issues call to prayer) · sw mwadhini (person who issues call to prayer) · rhg moazzen (person who issues call to prayer) · ru муэззи́н (person who issues call to prayer) · sv böneutropare (person who issues call to prayer) · fa-ira اَذانگو (person who issues call to prayer) · ru муэдзи́н (person who issues call to prayer) · az müəzzin (person who issues call to prayer) · hi मुअज़्ज़िन (person who issues call to prayer) · ko 무에진 (person who issues call to prayer) · gu મુઅજ્જન (person who issues call to prayer) · cmn 宣禮員 /宣礼员 (person who issues call to prayer) · kmr muezin (person who issues call to prayer) · hu müezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · ms muazin (person who issues call to prayer) · tt мөәзин (person who issues call to prayer) · ps موذن (person who issues call to prayer) · he מוּאַזִּין (person who issues call to prayer) · prs مُؤَذِّن (person who issues call to prayer) · zdj mwadhini (person who issues call to prayer) · sq myezin (person who issues call to prayer) · pt almuadem (person who issues call to prayer) · fi muessin (person who issues call to prayer) · bg мюези́н (person who issues call to prayer) · kk азаншы (person who issues call to prayer) · hi मुअज्जिन (person who issues call to prayer) · ha ladani (person who issues call to prayer) · kk мәзін (person who issues call to prayer) · tg муаззин (person who issues call to prayer) · mk муезин (person who issues call to prayer) · lt muedzinas (person who issues call to prayer) · fa-cls مُؤَذِّن (person who issues call to prayer) · ha ladan (person who issues call to prayer) · gu મુઅઝઝન (person who issues call to prayer) · bn মুয়াজ্জিন (person who issues call to prayer) · uk муедзи́н (person who issues call to prayer) · fr muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · sq hoxhë (person who issues call to prayer) · az azançı (person who issues call to prayer) · ro muezin (person who issues call to prayer) · ms juruazan (person who issues call to prayer) · fa-ira مُؤَذِّن (person who issues call to prayer) · ms bilal (person who issues call to prayer) · gu મુઅઝઝીન (person who issues call to prayer) · es almuédano (person who issues call to prayer) · sh мујѐзӣн (person who issues call to prayer) · da muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · ky азанчы (person who issues call to prayer) · ja ムアッズィン (person who issues call to prayer) · ms jurubang (person who issues call to prayer) · ja ムアッジン (person who issues call to prayer) · es almuecín (person who issues call to prayer) · pt muezim (person who issues call to prayer) · sv muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · cs muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · be муэдзі́н (person who issues call to prayer) · ur مُؤَذِّن (person who issues call to prayer) · pl muezin (person who issues call to prayer) · es muecín (person who issues call to prayer) · nl muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · de Muezzin (person who issues call to prayer) · ug مەزىن (person who issues call to prayer)

wikidata: Q239718