muezzin

Etymology

From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).

noun

  1. (Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
    I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer. 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 266

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