muezzin

• mouezzin, muadhin, muedhdhin
• muezin (archaic)

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /muˈɛ.zɪn/

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.

• provost (rare, obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /mɥɛ.zin/, /mɥe.zin/

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muezzin m (plural muezzins)

1. muezzin

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

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

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

muezzin m pers

1. (Islam) Alternative form of muezin

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