Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muezzin

/muˈɛ.zɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: muezzin
IPA: /muˈɛ.zɪn/

27

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.

Example Sentences

"approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi)"
"I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Turkish

Word Breakdown

Root: müezzin, مؤذن, مُؤَذِّن, ء ذ ن

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /muˈɛ.zɪn/

Inflected Forms

muezzins (plural) mouezzin (alternative) muadhin (alternative) muazzin (alternative) muedhdhin (alternative) muezin (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

muezzinlike

Synonyms

provost muazzin muadhdhin

Questions

How do you pronounce muezzin?: The recorded pronunciation is /muˈɛ.zɪn/.
What does muezzin mean?: The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
Where does muezzin come from?: It is traced to Turkish.

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