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azan

/əˈzɑːn/

azan is the alternative spelling of adhan.

Meaning of adhan

Noun

adhan (plural adhans)

  1. The call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin before each of the five obligatory daily prayers.
    • If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).

Noun

azan (uncountable)

  1. A staining technique involving azocarmine and aniline dyes.

Forms of azan

pluralazans

Origin of azan

Shortening.

Questions about azan

What does azan mean?
Azan means a staining technique involving azocarmine and aniline dyes.
What is azan the alternative spelling of?
Azan is the alternative spelling of adhan.
What part of speech is azan?
Azan is a noun.
How do you pronounce azan?
Azan is pronounced /əˈzɑːn/.
What is the plural of azan?
The plural of azan is azans.

Words near azan in the dictionary

  1. Azamgarh
  2. azamine
  3. azamines
  4. Azams
  5. azamulin
  6. azan
  7. azananohoop
  8. azananohoops
  9. Azande
  10. azane
  11. azanediyl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: azan (page history and authors); adhan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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