minaret
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minaret
- /ˈmɪnəɹɛt/ UK
- /mɪnəˈɹɛt/ US
Where it comes from
First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.
noun minarets
- The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer). And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.
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noun mosque tower
| Español | alminar, minarete |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 미나렛 minaret |
| 日本語 | ミナレット minaretto |
| 中文 | 尖塔 jiāntǎ, 叫拜樓 /叫拜楼 jiàobàilóu, 宣禮塔 /宣礼塔 xuānlǐtǎ, 光塔 guāngtǎ, 邦克楼 bāngkèlóu |
| हिन्दी | मीनार mīnār, मीनारा mīnārā, लाठ lāṭh |
| Kiswahili | mnara |
| Português | minarete, almádena |
| Français | minaret |
| Deutsch | Minarett |
| Italiano | minareto |
| Ελληνικά | μιναρές minarés |
| Русский | минаре́т minarét |
| العربية | مَنَارَة manāra, مِئْذَنَة miʔḏana, مَنَار manār, صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕa |
| עברית | צְרִיחַ ts'ríakh |
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