minah

[ mee-nah ]

noun

, Indian Architecture.

1. a memorial tower, as a stamba.

Word History and Origins

Origin of minah¹

< Hindi mīnār, apocopated variant of mīnāra; minaret

Example Sentences

This was not difficult, for the waiters in the dining-room had been pointing him out to the guests as "Mr. Clement, the meyonaire minah."

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Every magpie, minah, and wattle-bird within a mile joins in the clamour.

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The Indian minah, after becoming common, is said to be retreating before the English starling.

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The land is now cumbered with wild guava, which bears fruit as big as the lemon, and with the lantana, the seeds of which are scattered broadcast by an imported bird called the minah.

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Now let us consider a little, dinky, old minah bird with one broken wing that cannot fly.

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