muazzin

1. 1.

   the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day

   Synonymsmuezzinmuadhdhin

   Broaderannouncer

Other forms of muazzin

plural

muazzins·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about muazzin

What does muazzin mean?

muazzin means "the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day".

How many syllables are in muazzin?

muazzin has 3 syllables: mu-az-zin. The stress falls on "mu".

What is another word for muazzin?

Close synonyms include muezzin, muadhdhin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muazzin a common word?

muazzin is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.