minaret

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnəɹɛt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɪnəˈɹɛt/

• Audio (US):

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minaret (plural minarets)

1. The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
   • 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 37, paragraph 21:

     And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.

• Inter-Am., Reitman, Tremain, antimer, antmire, artemin, matrine, meranti, raiment, trimean

minaret m inan

1. minaret (tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque)

• “minaret”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “minaret”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.naːˈrɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret
• Rhymes: -ɛt

minaret f or m (plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje n)

1. minaret

• minaretverbod

• → Papiamentu: minarèt

First attested in 1606. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

• IPA^(key): /mi.na.ʁɛ/

minaret m (plural minarets)

1. minaret

• “minaret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• marient, martien, Martien, Martine, mentira, termina

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈminɒrɛt]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret
• Rhymes: -ɛt

minaret (plural minaretek)

1. minaret

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	minaret	minaretek
accusative	minaretet	minareteket
dative	minaretnek	minareteknek
instrumental	minarettel	minaretekkel
causal-final	minaretért	minaretekért
translative	minaretté	minaretekké
terminative	minaretig	minaretekig
essive-formal	minaretként	minaretekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	minaretben	minaretekben
superessive	minareten	minareteken
adessive	minaretnél	minareteknél
illative	minaretbe	minaretekbe
sublative	minaretre	minaretekre
allative	minarethez	minaretekhez
elative	minaretből	minaretekből
delative	minaretről	minaretekről
ablative	minarettől	minaretektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	minareté	minareteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	minaretéi	minaretekéi

Possessive forms of minaret
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	minaretem	minaretjeim
2nd person sing.	minareted	minaretjeid
3rd person sing.	minaretje	minaretjei
1st person plural	minaretünk	minaretjeink
2nd person plural	minaretetek	minaretjeitek
3rd person plural	minaretjük	minaretjeik

• minaret in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Dutch minaret, from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). Doublet of menara and menorah.

• IPA^(key): /miˈnarɛt/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧rèt

minarèt (first-person possessive minaretku, second-person possessive minaretmu, third-person possessive minaretnya)

1. minaret.

• “minaret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

mināret

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of minō

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).

• IPA^(key): /miˈna.rɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɛt
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧ret

minaret m inan

1. (Islam) minaret

• minaret in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• minaret in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French minaret.

minaret n (plural minarete)

1. minaret

Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).

• IPA^(key): /minǎːret/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧ret

mináret m (Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)

1. minaret

   Synonym: munára

• “minaret”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

minaret c

1. a minaret

• böneutrop
• moské

• minaret in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• minaret in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• minaret in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)