muezzin

muezzin

See also: müezzin

English

Alternative forms

• mouezzin, muadhin, muedhdhin
• muezin (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muˈɛ.zɪn/

Noun

muezzin (plural muezzins)

1. (Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
   • 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 266:

     I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.

Synonyms

• provost (rare, obsolete)

Translations

person who issues call to prayer

Albanian: hoxhë (sq) m, myezin (sq) m Arabic: مُؤَذِّن‎ m (muʾaḏḏin) Armenian: մուեզին (hy) (muezin) Azerbaijani: müəzzin (az), azançı Belarusian: муэдзі́н m (muedzín) Bengali: মুয়াযযিন (muyajjin), 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 (cs) m Danish: muaddhin Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dutch: muezzin (nl) m Finnish: muessin (fi) French: muezzin (fr) m Georgian: მუეძინი (mueʒini) German: Muezzin (de) m Greek: μουεζίνης (el) m (mouezínis) Hausa: ladan (ha), 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 (azanşy), мәзін (mäzın) Korean: 무에진 (ko) (muejin) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: muezin (ku) Kyrgyz: мазин (mazin), азанчы (ky) (azançı) Latvian: muedzins m Lithuanian: muedzinas m Macedonian: муезин m (muezin) Malay: juruazan, jurubang, tukang bang, bilal (ms), muazin (ms) Ngazidja Comorian: mwadhini Norwegian: Bokmål: muezzin m Pashto: موذن‎ m (mozǝ́n, mozén) Persian: مؤذن‎ (fa) (mo'azzen) Polish: muezin (pl) m, muezzin (pl) m Portuguese: almuadem (pt), muezim Rohingya: moazzen Romanian: muezin (ro) m Russian: муэдзи́н (ru) m (muedzín), муэззи́н (ru) m (muezzín) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мујезин m Roman: mujezin (sh) m Slovak: muezín m Slovene: mujezin m Spanish: almuédano (es), almuecín (es), muecín Swahili: mwadhini Swedish: muezzin (sv), böneutropare (sv) c Tajik: муаззин (muazzin) Tatar: мөәзин (möäzin) Turkish: müezzin (tr) Turkmen: azançy (tk) Ukrainian: муедзи́н m (muedzýn) Urdu: مؤذن‎ m (muazzin) Uyghur: مەزىن‎ (mezin) Uzbek: muazzin (uz)

References

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

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French

Etymology

From Middle French muessin, from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن‎ (modern Turkish müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن‎ (muʾaḏḏin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɥɛ.zin/, /mɥe.zin/

• Audio (Switzerland)

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Noun

muezzin m (plural muezzins)

1. muezzin

Further reading

• “muezzin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن‎ (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن‎ (muʾaḏḏin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɛz.zin/
• Rhymes: -ɛzzin
• Syllabification: mu‧ez‧zin

Noun

muezzin m pers

1. (Islam) Alternative form of muezin

Declension

Declension of muezzin

	singular	plural
nominative	muezzin	muezzini
genitive	muezzina	muezzinów
dative	muezzinowi	muezzinom
accusative	muezzina	muezzinów
instrumental	muezzinem	muezzinami
locative	muezzinie	muezzinach
vocative	muezzinie	muezzini

Further reading

• muezzin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• muezzin in Polish dictionaries at PWN