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What (who) is minaret - definition
DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE OF MOSQUES
Minar; Miranet; Mineret; Minarets
![Mamluk]] minarets](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cairo, moschea di al-maridani, minareto.JPG?width=200 "Mamluk]] minarets")
![Minaret of the [[Kutubiyya Mosque]] in [[Marrakesh]] (second half of 12th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koutoubia minaret DSCF8275.jpg?width=200 "Minaret of the [[Kutubiyya Mosque]] in [[Marrakesh]] (second half of 12th century)")
![The [[Great Mosque of Samarra]] has a distinctive spiral minaret (848–852)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malwiya 03.jpg?width=200 "The [[Great Mosque of Samarra]] has a distinctive spiral minaret (848–852)")
![Selimiye Mosque]] in [[Edirne]] (1574), which features the four tallest Ottoman minarets](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selimiye Mosque (15051985908) (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Selimiye Mosque]] in [[Edirne]] (1574), which features the four tallest Ottoman minarets")
![One of the minarets of the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]] (1643)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/South-eastern Minaret - Taj Mahal - Agra 2014-05-14 3802.JPG?width=200 "One of the minarets of the [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]] (1643)")
![muezzin's]] call to prayer from the balcony of a minaret, 1878. Usually only one muezzin chants the azan from the balcony, back straight and not leaning on the railing.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Muezzin's Call to Prayer (1878) - TIMEA.jpg?width=200 "muezzin's]] call to prayer from the balcony of a minaret, 1878. Usually only one muezzin chants the azan from the balcony, back straight and not leaning on the railing.")
![Inside the stairway of a minaret in [[Mostar]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inside the minaret of a mosque in Mostar.jpg?width=200 "Inside the stairway of a minaret in [[Mostar]]")
![Inside the [[Giralda]] minaret in [[Seville]], which has ascending ramps instead of stairs](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giralda IMG 7500.jpg?width=200 "Inside the [[Giralda]] minaret in [[Seville]], which has ascending ramps instead of stairs")
![An ornate balcony at the [[Qutb Minar]] in [[Delhi]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Details of Qutab Minar, Delhi, India 01.jpg?width=200 "An ornate balcony at the [[Qutb Minar]] in [[Delhi]]")
![Example of a lantern structure at the top of a minaret at the [[Badshahi Mosque]] in [[Lahore]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Top of a minaret at Badshahi Masjid.jpg?width=200 "Example of a lantern structure at the top of a minaret at the [[Badshahi Mosque]] in [[Lahore]]")
![Example of a metal [[finial]] in [[Istanbul]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istanbul 009 (6333859377).jpg?width=200 "Example of a metal [[finial]] in [[Istanbul]]")
minaret
(minarets)
A minaret is a tall thin tower which is part of a mosque.
N-COUNT
minaret
['m?n?r?t, ?m?n?'r?t]
¦ noun a slender tower, especially that of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
Derivatives
minareted adjective
Origin
C17: from Fr., or from Sp. minarete, Ital. minaretto, via Turk. from Arab. manar(a) 'lighthouse, minaret', based on nar 'fire or light'.
Minaret
·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Minaret
A minaret (; Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گلدسته, romanized: goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (adhan), but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They can have a variety of forms, from thick, squat towers to soaring, pencil-thin spires.
Examples of use of minaret
1. The can climb the Minaret of Jam, the second–tallest brick minaret in the world.
2. The location was marked only by an imposing minaret.
3. The missile left a hole in the minaret, they said.
4. The mosque‘s minaret and dome were seriously damaged.
5. As I sat brooding, the minaret disappeared within the shadow of the neighbouring mountains.