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muezzin

Meaningto listen

Common meaning: the crier who calls to prayer

Journey through time

  1. Arabicazina‘he listened’source
  2. Arabicmeaning shiftshe listened → the call to prayerazan‘the call to prayer’source
  3. Arabicmeaning shiftsthe call to prayer → the public criermuazzin‘the public crier’source
  4. Englishmuezzin‘the crier who calls to prayer’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Arabic azina ‘to listen’.

Roots

  • azina Arabic “to listen”

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