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minaret

[ min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret ]

noun

  1. a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.


minaret

/ ˌmɪnəˈrɛt; ˈmɪnəˌrɛt /

noun

  1. a slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer
  2. any structure resembling this
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ³¾¾±²Ô²¹Ëˆ°ù±ð³Ù±ð»å, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾¾±²Ôa·°ù±ð³ÙĻå adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of minaret1

1675–85; < French minaret, Spanish minarete, or Italian minaretto ≪ Arabic ³¾²¹²ÔÄå°ù²¹³ó lighthouse, perhaps akin to ²ÔÄå°ù fire
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of minaret1

C17: from French, from Turkish, from Arabic ma²ÔÄå°ùat lamp, from ²ÔÄå°ù fire
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He saw the gloriously skewed al-Hadba minaret, known as the "hunchback", which had been emblematic of Mosul for hundreds of years, in ruins.

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One video surfaced of residents rushing to mosques to announce from minarets that “the dog Bashar has fallen.â€

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The minaret of every mosque they passed was toppled, he said.

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Famed for its palaces, tiled mosques and minarets, Isfahan - where blasts were heard overnight - is also a major centre for military industry.

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The wheat and potato fields there run right up to the Gaza border fence, within sight of the apartment buildings, water towers and minarets of the Palestinian village of Abasan just beyond it.

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