almuédano

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن (al-muʔaḏḏin). Doublet of almuecín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmwedano/ [alˈmwe.ð̞a.no]
• Rhymes: -edano
• Syllabification: al‧mué‧da‧no

Noun

almuédano m (plural almuédanos)

1. (Islam) muezzin, the person who calls the faithful to prayer in Islam

   Synonym: almuecín

Further reading

• “almuédano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10