Meaning

1 senses

  1. The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).

    Minarett

    минаре́тminarét

    мінаре́тminarét

    slender tower with balconies

Examples

9 sentences

  1. That's the minaret of a mosque.

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  2. This is the minaret of the mosque.

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  3. This mosque has six minarets and cascading domes.

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  4. Ziri enjoyed the view from the top of the minaret.

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  5. This is the oldest minaret in Algiers.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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mosque tower:
Русский
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mosque tower:
Deutsch
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mosque tower:

Origin

First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish

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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Forms

plural: minarets
Singularminaret
Pluralminarets

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedminaretlike

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
minminamincemincemeatmindA1
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