Meanings
Origin
- Arabicمَنَارَة (manāra)
- Ottoman Turkishمناره
- Frenchminaret
- Englishminaret
First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.
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Arabic مَنَارَة, مِئْذَنَة
- مَنَارَة (manāra)mosque tower
- مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana)mosque tower
- مَنَار (manār)mosque tower
- صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)mosque tower
Bengali মিনার
- মিনার (minar)mosque tower
Bulgarian минаре́
- минаре́ (minaré)mosque tower
Catalan minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Chinese Mandarin 尖塔, 叫拜樓 /叫拜楼
- 尖塔 (jiāntǎ)mosque tower
- 叫拜樓 /叫拜楼 (jiàobàilóu)mosque tower
- 宣禮塔 /宣礼塔 (xuānlǐtǎ)mosque tower
- 光塔 (guāngtǎ)mosque tower
- 邦克楼 (bāngkèlóu)mosque tower
Czech minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Dutch minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Esperanto minareto
- minaretomosque tower
Estonian minarett
- minarettmosque tower
Finnish minareetti
- minareettimosque tower
French minaret
- minaretmosque tower
German Minarett
- Minarettmosque tower
Greek μιναρές
- μιναρές (minarés)mosque tower
Hebrew צְרִיחַ
- צְרִיחַ (ts'ríakh)mosque tower
Hindi मीनार, मीनारा
- मीनार (mīnār)mosque tower
- मीनारा (mīnārā)mosque tower
- लाठ (lāṭh)mosque tower
Hungarian minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Icelandic bænaturn
- bænaturnmosque tower
Indonesian menara, minaret
- menaramosque tower
- minaretmosque tower
Irish miontúr
- miontúrmosque tower
Italian minareto
- minaretomosque tower
Japanese ミナレット
- ミナレット (minaretto)mosque tower
Korean 미나렛
- 미나렛 (minaret)mosque tower
Malay menara
- menaramosque tower
Polish minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Portuguese minarete, almádena
- minaretemosque tower
- almádenamosque tower
Russian минаре́т
- минаре́т (minarét)mosque tower
Slovak minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Spanish alminar, minarete
- alminarmosque tower
- minaretemosque tower
Swahili mnara
- mnaramosque tower
Swedish minaret
- minaretmosque tower
Tagalog minarete
- minaretemosque tower
Turkish minare
- minaremosque tower
Ukrainian мінаре́т
- мінаре́т (minarét)mosque tower
Urdu مِینار, مِینارا
- مِینار (mīnār)mosque tower
- مِینارا (mīnārā)mosque tower
- مَنار (manār)mosque tower
- مَنارَہ (manāra)mosque tower
- لاٹھ (lāṭh)mosque tower
Yiddish מינאַרעט
- מינאַרעט (minaret)mosque tower
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APA
minaret. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minaret
MLA
“minaret.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minaret. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minaret,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minaret.
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