almuecín

Spanish

Alternative forms

muecín

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن‎ (al-muʾaḏḏin), probably by way of Turkish müezzin.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /almweˈθin/, [almweˈθĩn]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /almweˈsin/, [almweˈsĩn]

Noun

almuecín m (plural almuecines)

(Islam) muezzin (person who issues call to prayer)
Synonym: almuédano

Further reading

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

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