muezzin

[ myoo-ez-in, moo- ]

noun

1. the crier who, from a minaret or other high part of a mosque, at stated hours five times daily, intones aloud the call summoning Muslims to prayer.

muezzin

/ muːˈɛzɪn /

noun

1. Islam the official of a mosque who calls the faithful to prayer five times a day from the minaret

Word History and Origins

Origin of muezzin¹

1575–85; < Turkish müezzin < Arabic mu'adhdhin

Word History and Origins

Origin of muezzin¹

C16: changed from Arabic mu'adhdhin

Example Sentences

But then the muezzin came on the loudspeaker, announcing the burial was postponed until the remains could be certified by health ministry officials.

From Los Angeles Times

From within the garrison, the muezzin let loose his call to prayer.

From Literature

During a week-long truce that took place in November, she says, the muezzin - the person who makes the call to prayer - devised a makeshift minaret and began calling for prayers five times a day from the top of what remains of Khalil Al-Rahman mosque.

From BBC

An announcer stood at the front of the hall and dictated, with the intonation of an impatient muezzin, numbers to be added, subtracted or multiplied.

From Literature

From the whitewashed mosque atop a high ridge, the muezzin’s call to prayer reverberates solemnly off the surrounding rocky spurs, a sound that seems to render all others irrelevant.

From New York Times