minaret

UK/ˈmɪnəɹɛt//mɪnəˈɹɛt/

minaret noun: the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).

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Noun

minaret (plural minarets)

The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
- And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 21

minaret meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

minaret in Hindi

mosque tower: मीनार mīnār, मीनारा mīnārā, लाठ lāṭh

minaret in Urdu

mosque tower: مِینار mīnār, مِینارا mīnārā, مَنار manār, مَنارَہ manāra, لاٹھ lāṭh

minaret in Malayalam

മിനാരം, മുസ്ലിംപളളിയുടെ ഗോപുരം, മസ്ജിദ് സ്തംഭം

More languagesFewer languages

minaret in Kannada: ಕರೆಕುಂದ
minaret in Punjabi: ਮੁਨਾਰਾ munārā
minaret in Gujarati: મિનારો mināro, હજીરો hajīro
minaret in Pashto: مناره monāra
minaret in Tagalog: minarete
minaret in Arabic: مَنَارَة manāra, مِئْذَنَة miʔḏana, مَنَار manār, صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕa
minaret in Malay: menara
minaret in Indonesian: menara, minaret

Forms of minaret

plural	minarets

Origin of minaret

First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.

Words formed from minaret

minaretlike

Questions about minaret

What does minaret mean?: Minaret means the tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
What is minaret in Hindi?: Minaret in Hindi is मीनार (mīnār), मीनारा (mīnārā), लाठ (lāṭh). See Minaret meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is minaret?: Minaret is a noun.
How do you pronounce minaret?: Minaret is pronounced /ˈmɪnəɹɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of minaret?: The plural of minaret is minarets.

Words near minaret in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: minaret (page history and authors); minaret (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minaret (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮੁਨਾਰਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); મિનારો (Gujarati) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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