Where does “minaret” come from?

Minaret comes from French minaret, from Turkish minare, from Arabic مَنَارَة meaning a tower or lighthouse, ultimately from the same Arabic root.

minaret (English): The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from...

Definitions

  1. The tall slender tower of an Islamic mosque, from...

Ancestry of “minaret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchminaretminaret
2Ottoman Turkishمنارهminaret, the slender tower attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin recites the adhan
3Persianمنارهminaret
4Arabicمَنَارَةlighthouse, minaret

Words derived from “minaret

Every word from Arabic مَنَارَةEvery word from Persian منارهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish مناره
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