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"ref": "2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 21:",
"text": "And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.",
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "manār",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "منار"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "manāra",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "منارہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "lāṭh",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لاٹھ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "minaret",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"word": "مىنارەت"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "munar",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"word": "مۇنار"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"word": "minora"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"neologism"
],
"word": "tour houcrece"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minaret"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "minaret",
"sense": "mosque tower",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מינאַרעט"
}
],
"word": "minaret"
}
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