almuédano

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن (al-muʔaḏḏin). Doublet of almuecín.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alˈmwedano/ [alˈmwe.ð̞a.no]
Rhymes: -edano
Syllabification: al‧mué‧da‧no

Noun

almuédano m (plural almuédanos)

(Islam) muezzin, the person who calls the faithful to prayer in Islam
Synonym: almuecín

Further reading

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

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