muezzin

noun

mu·​ez·​zin mü-ˈe-zᵊn How to pronounce muezzin (audio)
myü-;
ˈmwe-zᵊn
: a Muslim crier who calls the hour of daily prayers

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Omar Hussein, the mosque's muezzin and deputy imam, said his father was lightly injured in the blast and taken to the hospital. Amanda Castro peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025 Five times a day, a muezzin would climb nearly 150 feet in the tower’s spiral stairway to sing the call to prayer. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025 But then the muezzin came on the loudspeaker, announcing the burial was postponed until the remains could be certified by health ministry officials. Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 There’s the rounded octagonal level above that, framed at the top by a surrounding platform that suggests a muezzin’s balcony of yore. Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for muezzin

Word History

Etymology

ultimately from Arabic mu'adhdhin

First Known Use

1585, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of muezzin was in 1585

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“Muezzin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muezzin. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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muezzin

noun
mu·​ez·​zin m(y)ü-ˈez-ᵊn How to pronounce muezzin (audio)
: a crier who summons Muslims to prayer

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