minaret
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minaret (plural minarets)
- 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.
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Czech edit
Noun edit
minaret m inan
- minaret (tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minaret f or m (plural minaretten, diminutive minaretje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: minarèt
French edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1606. Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minaret m (plural minarets)
Further reading edit
- “minaret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minaret (plural minaretek)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- 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
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch minaret, from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). Doublet of menara and menorah.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minarèt (first-person possessive minaretku, second-person possessive minaretmu, third-person possessive minaretnya)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “minaret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Verb edit
mināret
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minaret m inan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | minaret | minarety |
genitive | minaretu | minaretów |
dative | minaretowi | minaretom |
accusative | minaret | minarety |
instrumental | minaretem | minaretami |
locative | minarecie | minaretach |
vocative | minarecie | minarety |
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
minaret n (plural minarete)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) minaret | minaretul | (niște) minarete | minaretele |
genitive/dative | (unui) minaret | minaretului | (unor) minarete | minaretelor |
vocative | minaretule | minaretelor |
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mináret m (Cyrillic spelling мина́рет)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | minaret | minareti |
genitive | minareta | minareta |
dative | minaretu | minaretima |
accusative | minaret | minarete |
vocative | minarete | minareti |
locative | minaretu | minaretima |
instrumental | minaretom | minaretima |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
minaret c
- a minaret
Declension edit
Declension of minaret | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | minaret | minareten | minareter | minareterna |
Genitive | minarets | minaretens | minareters | minareternas |