muezzin

See also: müezzin

English

From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن‎ (müezzin), from Persian ‎ (mo'azzen), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن‎ (muʾaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).[1]

muezzin (plural muezzins)

(Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.

person who issues call to prayer

Albanian: hoxhë (sq) f, muexin m
Arabic: مُؤَذِّن‎ m (muʾaḏḏin)
Azerbaijani: müəzzin (az), azançı
Belarusian: муэдзі́н m (muedzín)
Bengali: মুয়াযযিন (muyayyin), মুয়াজ্জিন (muyajjin)
Bulgarian: мюези́н m (mjuezín)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宣禮員, 宣礼员 (xuānlǐyuán), 喚禮員, 唤礼员 (huànlǐyuán), 穆安津 (mù'ānjīn)
Czech: muezzin m
Danish: muaddhin
Dutch: muezzin (nl) m
Finnish: muessin
French: muezzin (fr) m
German: Muezzin (de) m
Greek: μουεζίνης (el) m (mouezínis)
Hausa: ladan, ladani
Hebrew: מוּאַזִּין‎ (he) m (muazzín)
Hindi: मुअज़्ज़िन m (muazzin), मुअज्जिन (hi) m (muajjin), मुअज्जन (hi) m (muajjan)
Hungarian: müezzin (hu)
Indonesian: muazin (id)
Japanese: ムアッジン (muajjin)
Kazakh: азаншы (azanşı), мәзін (mäzin)
Korean: 무에진 (ko) (muejin)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: muezin (ku)
Kyrgyz: мазин (mazin), азанчы (ky) (azançı)

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

muezzin m (plural muezzins)

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