Standard Lemma guide

muezzin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /muˈɛ.zɪn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cleric

2

noun

Meaning 2

the Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muazzin, muadhdhin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: announcer

History

Etymology

From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hoxhë — person who issues call to prayer
  • Albanian: myezin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Arabic: مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Armenian: մուեզին (muezin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Azerbaijani: müəzzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Azerbaijani: azançı — person who issues call to prayer
  • Belarusian: муэдзі́н (muedzín) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Bengali: মুয়াজ্জিন (muẏajjin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Bulgarian: мюези́н (mjuezín) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宣禮員 /宣礼员 (xuānlǐyuán) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喚禮員 /唤礼员 (huànlǐyuán) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穆安津 (mù'ānjīn) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mwadhini — person who issues call to prayer
  • Czech: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Danish: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Dutch: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Finnish: muessin — person who issues call to prayer
  • French: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Georgian: მუეძინი (mueʒini) — person who issues call to prayer
  • German: Muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Greek: μουεζίνης (mouezínis) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Gujarati: મુઅજ્જન (muajjan) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Gujarati: મુઅઝઝન (muajhajhan) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Gujarati: મુઅઝઝીન (muajhajhīn) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hausa: ladan — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hausa: ladani — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hebrew: מוּאַזִּין (muazzín) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hindi: मुअज़्ज़िन (muazzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hindi: मुअज्जिन (muajjin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hindi: मुअज्जन (muajjan) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Hungarian: müezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Indonesian: muazin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Japanese: ムアッズィン (muazzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Japanese: ムアッジン (muajjin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Kazakh: азаншы (azanşy) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Kazakh: мәзін (mäzın) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Korean: 무에진 (muejin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Northern Kurdish: muezin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Kyrgyz: мазин (mazin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Kyrgyz: азанчы (azancı) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Latvian: muedzins — person who issues call to prayer
  • Lithuanian: muedzinas — person who issues call to prayer
  • Macedonian: муезин (muezin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Malay: juruazan — person who issues call to prayer
  • Malay: jurubang — person who issues call to prayer
  • Malay: tukang bang — person who issues call to prayer
  • Malay: bilal — person who issues call to prayer
  • Malay: muazin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Pashto: موذن (mozǝ́n, mozén) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Persian: مُؤَذِّن (mu'azzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Dari: مُؤَذِّن (mu'azzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Iranian Persian: مُؤَذِّن (mo'azzen) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Iranian Persian: اَذانگو (azân-gu) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Polish: muezin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Portuguese: almuadem — person who issues call to prayer
  • Portuguese: muezim — person who issues call to prayer
  • Rohingya: moazzen — person who issues call to prayer
  • Romanian: muezin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Russian: муэдзи́н (muedzín) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Russian: муэззи́н (muezzín) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: мујѐзӣн — person who issues call to prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: mujèzīn — person who issues call to prayer
  • Slovak: muezín — person who issues call to prayer
  • Slovene: mujezin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Spanish: almuédano — person who issues call to prayer
  • Spanish: almuecín — person who issues call to prayer
  • Spanish: muecín — person who issues call to prayer
  • Sundanese: modin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Swahili: mwadhini — person who issues call to prayer
  • Swedish: muezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Swedish: böneutropare — person who issues call to prayer
  • Tajik: муаззин (muazzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Tatar: мөәзин (möäzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Turkish: müezzin — person who issues call to prayer
  • Turkmen: azançy — person who issues call to prayer
  • Ukrainian: муедзи́н (muedzýn) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Urdu: مُؤَذِّن (muazzin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Uyghur: مەزىن (mezin) — person who issues call to prayer
  • Uzbek: muazzin — person who issues call to prayer