- minaret
- noun Etymology: French, from Turkish minare, from Arabic manāra lighthouse Date: 1682 a tall slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried by the muezzin
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MINARET — MINARE Dérivé de l’arabe manara , le terme minaret s’appliqua aux tours à feu avant de désigner toutes les tours islamiques et plus particulièrement celles qui, près des mosquées, servent à l’appel à la prière (ma‘dhana); au début de l’islam, cet … Encyclopédie Universelle
minaret — MINARÉT, minarete, s.n. Turn înalt alipit unei moschei, amenajat în partea superioară cu un foişor sau cu un balcon, de unde preoţii musulmani cheamă credincioşii la rugăciune; minarea. [var.: (rar) minarétă s.f.] – Din fr. minaret, germ.… … Dicționar Român
minaret — (n.) 1680s, from Fr. minaret, from Turkish minare a minaret, from Arabic manarah, manarat lamp, lighthouse, minaret, related to manar candlestick, derivative of nar fire; Cf. Hebrew ner lamp (see MENORAH (Cf. menorah)) … Etymology dictionary
minaret — 1. (mi na rè ; le t ne se prononce et ne se lie jamais ; au pluriel, l s se lie : des mi na rè z aigus ; minarets rime avec traits, succès, paix, etc.) s. m. 1° Nom des tours des mosquées, d où les imans avertissent le peuple du temps de la… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
minaret — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. minaretecie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} wysoka, smukła wieża meczetu, z której muezin pięć razy w ciągu dnia wzywa muzułmanów na modlitwę : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Minaret czworoboczny, cylindryczny. Ganek minaretu.… … Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień
minaret — [min΄ə ret′, min′ə ret΄] n. [Fr < Turk menāret < Ar manāra(t), lighthouse, minaret < base of nār, fire] a high, slender tower attached to a mosque, with one or more projecting balconies from which a muezzin, or crier, calls the people to … English World dictionary
Minaret — Min a*ret, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar. man[=a]rat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. n[=a]r to shine.] (Arch.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minaret — Minaret, schlanker, turmartiger Bau an Moscheen (s.d.), oben mit einer Galerie, von der aus der Muezzin die Gebetstunden abruft … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
Minaret — Minaret, siehe Moschee … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Minaret — Minaret, arab., d.h. Ort des Lichts, der schlanke Thurm an der Seite der Moschee, von welchem der Muezzin 5mal des Tages das Volk zum Gebete aufruft … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
mináret — m (minára, munára ž) arhit. 1. {{001f}}prvobitno naziv za signalne tornjeve i svjetionike 2. {{001f}}isl. toranj džamije s kojeg mujezin poziva muslimane vjernike na molitvu ✧ {{001f}}tur. ← arap … Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika
