alminar

Spanish

alminar

Etymology

From French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة‎ (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /almiˈnaɾ/

Noun

alminar m (plural alminares)

minaret
Synonym: minarete

Further reading

“alminar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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