almuecín

Spanish

Alternative forms

muecín

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْمُؤَذِّن (al-muʔaḏḏin), probably by way of Turkish müezzin. Doublet of almuédano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /almweˈθin/ [al.mweˈθĩn]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /almweˈsin/ [al.mweˈsĩn]
Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: al‧mue‧cín

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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