muezin

English

Noun

muezin (plural muezins)

1. Archaic form of muezzin.

Polish

muezin

Alternative forms

• muezzin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈɛ.zin/

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• Rhymes: -ɛzin
• Syllabification: mu‧e‧zin

Noun

muezin m pers

1. (Islam) muezzin (person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque)

Declension

Declension of muezin

	singular	plural
nominative	muezin	muezini/mueziny (deprecative)
genitive	muezina	muezinów
dative	muezinowi	muezinom
accusative	muezina	muezinów
instrumental	muezinem	muezinami
locative	muezinie	muezinach
vocative	muezinie	muezini

Further reading

• muezin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• muezin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin) (Turkish müezzin), from Persian مؤذن (mo'azzen), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈe.zin/

Noun

muezin m (plural muezini)

1. muezzin

Declension

Declension of muezin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) muezin	muezinul	(niște) muezini	muezinii
genitive/dative	(unui) muezin	muezinului	(unor) muezini	muezinilor
vocative	muezinule		muezinilor

See also

• minaret
• moschee

References

• muezin in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)