| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| muezzin |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mu·ez·zin |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  my - z  n, m- |
| NOUN: | Islam The crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Ottoman Turkish müezzin or Persian muazzin, from Arabic mu’a in, active participle of ’aana, to call to prayer. See azan.
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