muezzin means the person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque. It carries an Arena rating of 1580, earned across 71 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, muezzin ranks #509 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #1,223 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #2,236 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #2,659 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
muezzin is pronounced /muˈɛ.zɪn/.
Why “muezzin” is a great word
MUEZZIN — [Noun] A Muslim official who calls the faithful to prayer, traditionally from the minaret of a mosque. From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʾaḏḏin, "one who calls to prayer, crier"). Unlike an imam, who leads prayer and guides the community, or a secular town crier, who issues proclamations, the muezzin fulfills a singular, ritual office defined by the *adhan*. It is the cry that fractures the predawn silence, the cadence that hangs in the heat-hazed noon air, and the call that spills over twilight rooftops—a human measure consecrating the sun's arc into moments of divine return.
Etymology
From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).
noun
- The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.e.g.“approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi)” — 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer:
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Words closest in meaning
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- minaret 64% match — The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer). vs muezzin →
- adhan 57% match — The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the five obligatory daily prayers. vs muezzin →
- minbar 53% match — A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons. vs muezzin →
- mimbar 51% match — A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah. vs muezzin →
- mihrab 51% match — A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays. vs muezzin →
- namazi 50% match — a person regular in salah; one who goes to the mosque (Islamic equivalent of a parishioner) vs muezzin →
- minar 48% match — A minaret. vs muezzin →
- dikka 47% match — A tribune raised upon columns from which the Qur'an is recited and prayers are intoned by the Imam of a mosque. vs muezzin →