minaret
The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan (call to prayer).
A kind of
- tower
Related words
- minaretlike
Word history
From Arabic "مَنَارَة" (lighthouse).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “minaret” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.