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Definition of Minaret

Minaret
Minaret Min"a*ret, n. [Sp. minarete, Ar. man[=a]rat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, fr. n[=a]r to shine.] (Arch.) A slender, lofty tower attached to a mosque and surrounded by one or more projecting balconies, from which the summon to prayer is cried by the muezzin.

Meaning of Minaret from wikipedia

- A minaret (/ˌmɪnəˈrɛt, ˈmɪnəˌrɛt/; Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گل‌دسته, romanized: goldaste)...
- Look up minaret, minar, or mínar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Minaret is a tower-like component of a mosque. Minaret or minar may also refer to:...
- The Minaret of Jam (Pashto and Dari: منار جام) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Afghanistan. It is located in a remote and nearly inaccessible...
- the world's largest mosque. It is known for its 52 metres (171 ft) high minaret encircled by a spiral ramp. The mosque is located within the 15,058-hectare...
- Minarets.'" Seventeen of the Minarets have been given unofficial names, including Michael Minaret, Adams Minaret, Leonard Minaret, and Clyde Minaret....
- the Treasury and the Minaret of the Bride, while the Mamluks (1260–1516) undertook major restoration efforts and added the Minaret of Qaytbay. The Umayyad...
- The minaret of Jarkurgan (Uzbek: Jarqoʻrgʻon minorasi / Жарқўрғон минораси) is a minaret and architectural monument in the village Minor, Jarqoʻrgʻon District...
- A spiral minaret is a feature of: the Great Mosque of Samarra the Mosque with the Spiral Minaret (Burmalı Mescit Camii), Istanbul This disambiguation...
- a list of the tallest minarets in the world. It ranks minarets by their height. The tallest minaret in the world is the minaret of the Djamaa el Djazaïr...
- The Minaret (64°46′S 63°39′W / 64.767°S 63.650°W / -64.767; -63.650) is a steep rock pinnacle, 1,065 metres (3,500 ft) high, on the ridge extending...