مؤذن

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء ذ ن (ʔ ḏ n)
11 terms

Derived from the active participle of أَذَّنَ (ʔaḏḏana, “to call”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.ʔað.ðin/

Noun

مُؤَذِّن • (muʔaḏḏin) m (plural مُؤَذِّنُون (muʔaḏḏinūn))

(Islam) muezzin, announcer of the hour of prayer

Declension

Declension of noun **مُؤَذِّن** (muʔaḏḏin)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُؤَذِّن muʔaḏḏin	الْمُؤَذِّن al-muʔaḏḏin	مُؤَذِّن muʔaḏḏin
nominative	مُؤَذِّنٌ muʔaḏḏinun	الْمُؤَذِّنُ al-muʔaḏḏinu	مُؤَذِّنُ muʔaḏḏinu
accusative	مُؤَذِّنًا muʔaḏḏinan	الْمُؤَذِّنَ al-muʔaḏḏina	مُؤَذِّنَ muʔaḏḏina
genitive	مُؤَذِّنٍ muʔaḏḏinin	الْمُؤَذِّنِ al-muʔaḏḏini	مُؤَذِّنِ muʔaḏḏini
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُؤَذِّنَيْن muʔaḏḏinayn	الْمُؤَذِّنَيْن al-muʔaḏḏinayn	مُؤَذِّنَيْ muʔaḏḏinay
nominative	مُؤَذِّنَانِ muʔaḏḏināni	الْمُؤَذِّنَانِ al-muʔaḏḏināni	مُؤَذِّنَا muʔaḏḏinā
accusative	مُؤَذِّنَيْنِ muʔaḏḏinayni	الْمُؤَذِّنَيْنِ al-muʔaḏḏinayni	مُؤَذِّنَيْ muʔaḏḏinay
genitive	مُؤَذِّنَيْنِ muʔaḏḏinayni	الْمُؤَذِّنَيْنِ al-muʔaḏḏinayni	مُؤَذِّنَيْ muʔaḏḏinay
plural	sound masculine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُؤَذِّنِين muʔaḏḏinīn	الْمُؤَذِّنِين al-muʔaḏḏinīn	مُؤَذِّنِي muʔaḏḏinī
nominative	مُؤَذِّنُونَ muʔaḏḏinūna	الْمُؤَذِّنُونَ al-muʔaḏḏinūna	مُؤَذِّنُو muʔaḏḏinū
accusative	مُؤَذِّنِينَ muʔaḏḏinīna	الْمُؤَذِّنِينَ al-muʔaḏḏinīna	مُؤَذِّنِي muʔaḏḏinī
genitive	مُؤَذِّنِينَ muʔaḏḏinīna	الْمُؤَذِّنِينَ al-muʔaḏḏinīna	مُؤَذِّنِي muʔaḏḏinī

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: müəzzin
→ Chagatai: مؤذن (mʾẕn)
- Uzbek: muazzin
→ Dhivehi: މުދިމު (mudimu)
→ Japanese: ムアッズィン (muazzin)
→ Malayalam: മുഅദ്ദിൻ (muaddiṉ)
→ Ottoman Turkish: مؤذن (müezzin) (see there for further descendants)
→ Persian: مؤذن (mo'azzen) (see there for further descendants)
→ Swahili: mwadhini
⇒ Sinhalese: මෝදිමියා (mōdimiyā)
→ Tatar: мөәзин (möäzin)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin).

Noun

مؤذن • (müezzin)

(Islam) muezzin

Descendants

Turkish: müezzin
→ Albanian: myezin
→ Belarusian: муэдзі́н (muedzín)
→ Bulgarian: мюези́н (mjuezín)
→ Greek: μουεζίνης (mouezínis)
→ Hungarian: müezzin
→ Italian: muezzino
- → German: Muezzin
- → English: muezzin
- → French: muezzin
  - → Portuguese: muezim
  - → Spanish: muecín
→ Macedonian: муезин (muezin)
→ Polish: muezin
→ Romanian: muezin
→ Russian: муэдзи́н (muedzín)
- → Latvian: muedzins
→ Serbo-Croatian: мујѐзӣн / mujèzīn
→ Slovene: mujezȋn

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.ʔaðˈðin/, /mu.ʔaz.ˈzin/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ʔäz.zɪn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wäz.zɪn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäz.zin]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ʔæz.zen]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ʔäz.zin]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mu'aḏḏin, mu'azzin
Dari reading^?	mo'azzin
Iranian reading^?	mo'azzen
Tajik reading^?	mu'azzin

Noun

مؤذن • (mu'azzin / mo'azzen) (Tajik spelling муаззин)

(Islam) muezzin
Synonym: اذان‌گو (azān-gō / azân-gu)

Related terms

Persian terms derived from the Arabic root ء ذ ن (0 c, 3 e)

Descendants

→ Bengali: মুয়াজ্জিন (muẏajjin)
→ Gujarati: મુઅજ્જન (muajjan), મુઅઝઝન (muajhajhan), મુઅઝઝીન (muajhajhīn)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: मुअज़्ज़िन (muazzin)

Urdu: مُؤَذِّن (muazzin)
→ Marwari: मुअज्जान (muajjān), मुअज्जिन (muajjin)
→ Odia: ମୁଆଜ୍ଜନ୍ (muājjan)
→ Punjabi: مُؤَذِّن (mu'oaẕẕin)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mu'azzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.əz.zɪn/
Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

مُؤَذِّن • (muazzin) m (Hindi spelling मुअज़्ज़िन)

(Islam) muezzin