minaret

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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

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minaret

Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ˈmɪnəɹɛt/
Etymologia (Angielski)

In summary

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- (“fire”) as menorah.

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