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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	muezin	muezinul		muezini	muezinii
genitive-dative	muezin	muezinului		muezini	muezinilor
vocative	muezinule			muezinilor

See also

• minaret
• moschee

References

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