minaret.
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
Meaning & usage
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra)bor. Ottoman Turkish منارهbor. French minaretbor. English minaret 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.
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