مئذنة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ء ذ ن (ʔ-ḏ-n); compare أَذَّنَ (ʔaḏḏana, “to call”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miʔ.ða.na/

Noun

مِئْذَنَة • (miʔḏana) f (plural مِئْذَنَات (miʔḏanāt) or مَآذِن (maʔāḏin))

(Islam) minaret

Declension

Declension of noun مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِئْذَنَة miʔḏana	الْمِئْذَنَة al-miʔḏana	مِئْذَنَة miʔḏanat
Nominative	مِئْذَنَةٌ miʔḏanatun	الْمِئْذَنَةُ al-miʔḏanatu	مِئْذَنَةُ miʔḏanatu
Accusative	مِئْذَنَةً miʔḏanatan	الْمِئْذَنَةَ al-miʔḏanata	مِئْذَنَةَ miʔḏanata
Genitive	مِئْذَنَةٍ miʔḏanatin	الْمِئْذَنَةِ al-miʔḏanati	مِئْذَنَةِ miʔḏanati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِئْذَنَتَيْن miʔḏanatayn	الْمِئْذَنَتَيْن al-miʔḏanatayn	مِئْذَنَتَيْ miʔḏanatay
Nominative	مِئْذَنَتَانِ miʔḏanatāni	الْمِئْذَنَتَانِ al-miʔḏanatāni	مِئْذَنَتَا miʔḏanatā
Accusative	مِئْذَنَتَيْنِ miʔḏanatayni	الْمِئْذَنَتَيْنِ al-miʔḏanatayni	مِئْذَنَتَيْ miʔḏanatay
Genitive	مِئْذَنَتَيْنِ miʔḏanatayni	الْمِئْذَنَتَيْنِ al-miʔḏanatayni	مِئْذَنَتَيْ miʔḏanatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِئْذَنَات‎; مَآذِن miʔḏanāt‎; maʔāḏin	الْمِئْذَنَات‎; الْمَآذِن al-miʔḏanāt‎; al-maʔāḏin	مِئْذَنَات‎; مَآذِن miʔḏanāt‎; maʔāḏin
Nominative	مِئْذَنَاتٌ‎; مَآذِنُ miʔḏanātun‎; maʔāḏinu	الْمِئْذَنَاتُ‎; الْمَآذِنُ al-miʔḏanātu‎; al-maʔāḏinu	مِئْذَنَاتُ‎; مَآذِنُ miʔḏanātu‎; maʔāḏinu
Accusative	مِئْذَنَاتٍ‎; مَآذِنَ miʔḏanātin‎; maʔāḏina	الْمِئْذَنَاتِ‎; الْمَآذِنَ al-miʔḏanāti‎; al-maʔāḏina	مِئْذَنَاتِ‎; مَآذِنَ miʔḏanāti‎; maʔāḏina
Genitive	مِئْذَنَاتٍ‎; مَآذِنَ miʔḏanātin‎; maʔāḏina	الْمِئْذَنَاتِ‎; الْمَآذِنِ al-miʔḏanāti‎; al-maʔāḏini	مِئْذَنَاتِ‎; مَآذِنِ miʔḏanāti‎; maʔāḏini

Synonyms

(minaret): مَنَارَة (manāra), مَنَار (manār)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءذن”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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