"muezzin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /muˈɛ.zɪn/ [UK] Forms: muezzins [plural]
Etymology: From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|tr|müezzin}} Turkish müezzin, {{der|en|ota|مؤذن|tr=müezzin}} Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), {{der|en|ar|مُؤَذِّن||one who calls (to prayer), crier}} Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”), {{root|en|ar|ء ذ ن}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} muezzin (plural muezzins)
  1. (Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque. Wikipedia link: muezzin Categories (topical): Islam, Occupations, People Synonyms: provost [obsolete, rare], mouezzin, muadhin, muazzin, muedhdhin, muezin [archaic] Translations (person who issues call to prayer): hoxhë [masculine] (Albanian), myezin [masculine] (Albanian), مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin) [masculine] (Arabic), մուեզին (muezin) (Armenian), müəzzin (Azerbaijani), azançı (Azerbaijani), муэдзі́н (muedzín) [masculine] (Belarusian), মুয়াজ্জিন (muẏajjin) (Bengali), мюези́н (mjuezín) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 宣禮員 (Chinese Mandarin), 宣礼员 (xuānlǐyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 喚禮員 (Chinese Mandarin), 唤礼员 (huànlǐyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 穆安津 (mù'ānjīn) (Chinese Mandarin), muezzin [masculine] (Czech), muaddhin (Danish), muezzin [masculine] (Dutch), muessin (Finnish), muezzin [masculine] (French), მუეძინი (mueʒini) (Georgian), Muezzin [masculine] (German), μουεζίνης (mouezínis) [masculine] (Greek), ladan (Hausa), ladani (Hausa), מוּאַזִּין (muazzín) [masculine] (Hebrew), मुअज़्ज़िन (muazzin) [masculine] (Hindi), मुअज्जिन (muajjin) [masculine] (Hindi), मुअज्जन (muajjan) [masculine] (Hindi), müezzin (Hungarian), muazin (Indonesian), ムアッズィン (muazzin) (Japanese), ムアッジン (muajjin) (Japanese), азаншы (azanşy) (Kazakh), мәзін (mäzın) (Kazakh), 무에진 (muejin) (Korean), мазин (mazin) (Kyrgyz), азанчы (azancı) (Kyrgyz), muedzins [masculine] (Latvian), muedzinas [masculine] (Lithuanian), муезин (muezin) [masculine] (Macedonian), juruazan (Malay), jurubang (Malay), tukang bang (Malay), bilal (Malay), muazin (Malay), mwadhini (Ngazidja Comorian), muezin (Northern Kurdish), muezzin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), موذن (mozǝ́n, mozén) [masculine] (Pashto), مؤذن (mo'azzen) (Persian), muezin [masculine] (Polish), muezzin [masculine] (Polish), almuadem (Portuguese), muezim (Portuguese), moazzen (Rohingya), muezin [masculine] (Romanian), муэдзи́н (muedzín) [masculine] (Russian), муэззи́н (muezzín) [masculine] (Russian), мујезин [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mujezin [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), muezín [masculine] (Slovak), mujezin [masculine] (Slovene), almuédano (Spanish), almuecín (Spanish), muecín (Spanish), mwadhini (Swahili), muezzin [common-gender] (Swedish), böneutropare [common-gender] (Swedish), муаззин (muazzin) (Tajik), мөәзин (möäzin) (Tatar), müezzin (Turkish), azançy (Turkmen), муедзи́н (muedzýn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مؤذن (muazzin) [masculine] (Urdu), مەزىن (mezin) (Uyghur), muazzin (Uzbek)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "宣禮員"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xuānlǐyuán",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "喚禮員"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "muessin"
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mueʒini",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "მუეძინი"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mouezínis",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "μουεζίνης"
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        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "ladan"
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        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "ladani"
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "muazzín",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מוּאַזִּין"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muazzin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "मुअज़्ज़िन"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muajjin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मुअज्जिन"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muajjan",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "मुअज्जन"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "müezzin"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muazin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muazzin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "ムアッズィン"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "muajjin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "ムアッジン"
        },
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "azanşy",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "азаншы"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "mäzın",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "мәзін"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "muejin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "무에진"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muezin"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "mazin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "мазин"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "azancı",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "азанчы"
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "word": "муезин"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "juruazan"
        },
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "jurubang"
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        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "tukang bang"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "bilal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muazin"
        },
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          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "almuadem"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muezim"
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          "code": "rhg",
          "lang": "Rohingya",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "moazzen"
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "word": "муэдзи́н"
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
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          ],
          "word": "muezín"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mujezin"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "almuédano"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "almuecín"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muecín"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "mwadhini"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "muezzin"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "böneutropare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "muazzin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "муаззин"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "möäzin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "мөәзин"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "müezzin"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "azançy"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "muedzýn",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "муедзи́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "muazzin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مؤذن"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "mezin",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "مەزىن"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
          "word": "muazzin"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "muezzin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/muˈɛ.zɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "muezzin"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tr",
        "3": "müezzin"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkish müezzin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "مؤذن",
        "tr": "müezzin"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "مُؤَذِّن",
        "4": "",
        "5": "one who calls (to prayer), crier"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ء ذ ن"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "muezzin (plural muezzins)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Arabic",
        "English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
        "English terms derived from Turkish",
        "English terms derived from the Arabic root ء ذ ن",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hindi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Kyrgyz terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Tajik terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tatar terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Urdu terms with redundant script codes",
        "Uyghur terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Islam",
        "en:Occupations",
        "en:People"
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 266",
          "text": "I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.",
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        }
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        ]
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        "(Islam) The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque."
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        "Islam",
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        "religion"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/muˈɛ.zɪn/",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "provost"
    },
    {
      "word": "mouezzin"
    },
    {
      "word": "muadhin"
    },
    {
      "word": "muazzin"
    },
    {
      "word": "muedhdhin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "muezin"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoxhë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muʔaḏḏin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُؤَذِّن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "muezin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "մուեզին"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "müəzzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "azançı"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "muedzín",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муэдзі́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "muẏajjin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "মুয়াজ্জিন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mjuezín",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мюези́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "宣禮員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xuānlǐyuán",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "宣礼员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "喚禮員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huànlǐyuán",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "唤礼员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mù'ānjīn",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "穆安津"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muaddhin"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muessin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mueʒini",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "მუეძინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mouezínis",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μουεζίνης"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "ladan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "ladani"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "muazzín",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מוּאַזִּין"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muazzin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुअज़्ज़िन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muajjin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुअज्जिन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muajjan",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुअज्जन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "müezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muazin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muazzin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "ムアッズィン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muajjin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "ムアッジン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azanşy",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "азаншы"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mäzın",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "мәзін"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "muejin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "무에진"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "mazin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "мазин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "azancı",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "азанчы"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muedzins"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muedzinas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "muezin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муезин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "juruazan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "jurubang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "tukang bang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "bilal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muazin"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "mwadhini"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "mozǝ́n, mozén",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "موذن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'azzen",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "مؤذن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "almuadem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muezim"
    },
    {
      "code": "rhg",
      "lang": "Rohingya",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "moazzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "muedzín",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муэдзи́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "muezzín",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муэззи́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мујезин"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mujezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muezín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mujezin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "almuédano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "almuecín"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muecín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "mwadhini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "muezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "böneutropare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muazzin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "муаззин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "möäzin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "мөәзин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "müezzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "azançy"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "muedzýn",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "муедзи́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muazzin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مؤذن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mezin",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "مەزىن"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "person who issues call to prayer",
      "word": "muazzin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "muezzin"
}

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