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 Definitions of minaret  [ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt]  

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Definition of 'minaret' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) minaret
a lofty, often slender tower attached to a mosque, having one or more balconies from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.

Etymology:  (1675–85; < F minaret, Sp minarete, or It minaretto&indirdesc; Ar manārah lighthouse)

Definition of 'minaret' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) minaret
slender tower with balconies


Definition of 'minaret' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) minaret
a slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin


Translation of 'minaret' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a tower on a mosque from which the call to prayer is sounded.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: minaret Arabic flag Arabic: مِئْذَنَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: минаре
Brazilian flag Brazilian: minarete Czech flag Czech: minaret German flag German: das Minarett
Danish flag Danish: minaret Greek flag Greek: μιναρές Spanish flag Spanish: alminar, minarete
Estonian flag Estonian: minarett Farsi flag Farsi: مناره Finnish flag Finnish: minareetti
French flag French: minaret Hebrew flag Hebrew: צְרִיחַ מִסגָד Hindi flag Hindi: मीनार
Croatian flag Croatian: minaret Hungarian flag Hungarian: minaret Indonesian flag Indonesian: menara
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bænaturn Italian flag Italian: minareto Japanese flag Japanese: 光塔
Korean flag Korean: (회교 사원의) 뾰족탑 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: minaretas Latvian flag Latvian: minarets
Malay flag Malay: menara Dutch flag Dutch: minaret Norwegian flag Norwegian: minaret
Polish flag Polish: minaret Persian flag Persian: مناره Pashto flag Pashto: منار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: minarete Romanian flag Romanian: mina­ret Russian flag Russian: минарет
Slovak flag Slovak: minaret Slovenian flag Slovenian: minaret Serbian flag Serbian: minaret
Swedish flag Swedish: minaret Thai flag Thai: หอสูงยอดแหลมบนสุเหร่า ใช้ Turkish flag Turkish: minare
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 清真寺的宣禮塔 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мінарет Urdu flag Urdu: مینارہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tháp (ở giáo đường Hồi gi Chinese flag Chinese: (伊斯兰教寺院的)尖塔,宣礼塔

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