minaret

Etymology

[1682] Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره‎ (Turkish minare), from Persian مناره‎ (menâre), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة‎ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnərɛt/

Noun

minaret (plural minarets)

1. the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer)
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 21

     And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.

Anagrams

• Inter-Am., Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, meranti, raiment, trimean

Noun

minaret m

1. minaret (tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque)

Further reading

• minaret in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• minaret in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره‏‎ (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.naːˈrɛt/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

minaret f, m (plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje n)

1. minaret

Etymology

[1606] Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مناره‎ (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.na.ʁɛ/

Noun

minaret m (plural minarets)

1. minaret

Further reading

• “minaret” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, termina

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈminɒrɛt]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

minaret (plural minaretek)

1. minaret

Verb

mināret

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of minō

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Noun

minaret m inan

1. minaret

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minǎːret/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

Noun

mináret m (Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)

1. minaret