English Explanatory Dictionary

minaret

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪnəɹɛt/ /mɪnəˈɹɛt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-minaret.wav

Word forms

minaret minarets

Etymology

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”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.

Derived words

minaretlike
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