Definition of minaret in English:
minaret
noun ˈmɪnərɛtˌmɪnəˈrɛtˌmɪnəˈrɛt
A slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
宣礼塔（塔身细高，常为清真寺的一部分，上有阳台，宣礼者在此召唤教徒做祷告）- The quake caused 15 buildings and the minarets of four mosques to collapse in Bolvadin, located about a three-hour drive from the capital Ankara.
- Mosul University library, with its rare manuscripts, was also sacked, despite appeals blared from the mosque minarets to the people to stop destroying their city, the Arab TV network al-Jazeera reported.
- They are summoned to prayer by the call of a muezzin issuing from the minarets of the many mosques that dot the Palestinian skyline.
- Almost every child grew up in an environment that included the call to prayer from the minarets of the mosques and the ringing of the church bells from church steeples.
- Throughout the gently crumbling souks, which offer gold jewellery, striped silk wedding shawls and carefully worked metal trays and giant crescent ornaments for mosque minarets, we are surprised at the lack of attention paid to us.
- The plaques bearing Quranic calligraphy in homes, canopied gravestones, the call of the muezzins arising out of the pencilled minarets of the mosque further confirm it.
- At the western end of the Chandni Chowk stands the Fatehpuri Mosque with its two minarets, three domes, the bounding wall and the entrance gate.
- One of the best shots in the film is of a church spire which pans up to reveal the minaret of the mosque just behind.
- Nor is it a different truth just because some culture from the past carved it into a huge Buddha statue on the rock, while his own would build it instead into a graceful mosque with minarets.
- Mosque minarets across Beirut blared out readings from the Koran.
- The slender minaret of a mosque and the spires of churches rise in sharp relief over the flat roofs of the homes.
- The great white marble dome of the mausoleum is flanked by free-standing minarets from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer.
- At first it seems that the opposition was based on two major issues: parking and traffic; and the noise from Azaan, the call to prayer that rings out five times a day from the minarets of mosques.
- Mosques typically include domes and minarets; minarets are used for the call to prayer, and domes signal a place of prayer and Islamic education.
- I think the only other mosque with six minarets is the one at Mecca.
- Her book on Sinan is a complete contrast to the countless coffee table books with stunning photographs of domed mosques and pointed minarets.
- In Bethlehem, there are about as many church steeples as there are mosque minarets.
- During the Samanid period, baked brick was used in the construction of mosques, minarets, and mausoleums; calligraphic inscriptions were used to decorate walls.
- On July 10, the muezzin called for the Muslim prayers from the minarets of Grenada's grand mosque once again after nearly 500 years of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula.
- It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm.
turret, spire, belfry, obelisk, needle, pyramid, cone, finial, shikara, mirador
Derivatives
minareted
- These are built on high plinth with slender minareted towers on each of the Four Corners and can be noticed even from a distance.
- Before a panorama of the city of Constantinople, a lengthy procession winds its way toward the minareted Fatih Mosque on the left horizon.
- There are no pinnacled heights, no stratified, minareted walls, no precipiced cirques and glacier-shrouded peaks.
- Designed by a Persian architect, the twin structures along with a minareted gateway in the middle, lie above basement in an arcade, with secret passages.
- It is the top road running from one end of Kas to the other, from the double minareted mosque, down to small pebble beach.
adjective
Origin
Late 17th century: from French, or from Spanish minarete, Italian minaretto, via Turkish from Arabic manār(a) 'lighthouse, minaret', based on nār 'fire or light'.
This word for a slender tower (for example, part of a mosque) comes via Turkish from Arabic manār(a) ‘lighthouse, minaret’, based on nār ‘fire or light’.
Rhymes
abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
Definition of minaret in US English:
minaret
nounˌmɪnəˈrɛtˌminəˈret
A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
宣礼塔（塔身细高，常为清真寺的一部分，上有阳台，宣礼者在此召唤教徒做祷告）- The quake caused 15 buildings and the minarets of four mosques to collapse in Bolvadin, located about a three-hour drive from the capital Ankara.
- Throughout the gently crumbling souks, which offer gold jewellery, striped silk wedding shawls and carefully worked metal trays and giant crescent ornaments for mosque minarets, we are surprised at the lack of attention paid to us.
- During the Samanid period, baked brick was used in the construction of mosques, minarets, and mausoleums; calligraphic inscriptions were used to decorate walls.
- One of the best shots in the film is of a church spire which pans up to reveal the minaret of the mosque just behind.
- On July 10, the muezzin called for the Muslim prayers from the minarets of Grenada's grand mosque once again after nearly 500 years of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula.
- Mosul University library, with its rare manuscripts, was also sacked, despite appeals blared from the mosque minarets to the people to stop destroying their city, the Arab TV network al-Jazeera reported.
- The plaques bearing Quranic calligraphy in homes, canopied gravestones, the call of the muezzins arising out of the pencilled minarets of the mosque further confirm it.
- I think the only other mosque with six minarets is the one at Mecca.
- The great white marble dome of the mausoleum is flanked by free-standing minarets from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer.
- Mosques typically include domes and minarets; minarets are used for the call to prayer, and domes signal a place of prayer and Islamic education.
- Almost every child grew up in an environment that included the call to prayer from the minarets of the mosques and the ringing of the church bells from church steeples.
- At first it seems that the opposition was based on two major issues: parking and traffic; and the noise from Azaan, the call to prayer that rings out five times a day from the minarets of mosques.
- Her book on Sinan is a complete contrast to the countless coffee table books with stunning photographs of domed mosques and pointed minarets.
- At the western end of the Chandni Chowk stands the Fatehpuri Mosque with its two minarets, three domes, the bounding wall and the entrance gate.
- Nor is it a different truth just because some culture from the past carved it into a huge Buddha statue on the rock, while his own would build it instead into a graceful mosque with minarets.
- Mosque minarets across Beirut blared out readings from the Koran.
- In Bethlehem, there are about as many church steeples as there are mosque minarets.
- They are summoned to prayer by the call of a muezzin issuing from the minarets of the many mosques that dot the Palestinian skyline.
- It is also seen in the style of some mosques and minarets with their slim and ornate shapes, as well as in public buildings such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Qurm.
- The slender minaret of a mosque and the spires of churches rise in sharp relief over the flat roofs of the homes.
turret, spire, belfry, obelisk, needle, pyramid, cone, finial, shikara, mirador
Origin
Late 17th century: from French, or from Spanish minarete, Italian minaretto, via Turkish from Arabic manār(a) ‘lighthouse, minaret’, based on nār ‘fire or light’.