Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The Muslim summons to prayer, called by the muezzin from a minaret of a mosque five times a day.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In Mohammedan countries, the call to public prayers, proclaimed by the crier from the minaret of the mosque.

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  • noun Islam The call to prayer.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Arabic ’aḏān, from ’aḏḏana, to call to prayer, derived stem of ’aḏina, to listen, from ’uḏn, ear; see ℵḏn in Semitic roots.]

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Arabic أذان.

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Examples

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

  • RPK was arrested for publishing inflammatory including those which insult Islam, while Teresa for allegedly criticizing the "azan" (call to prayer) in a mosque in Kinrara.

    Nuraina A Samad's 3540 Jalan Sudin 2008

  • They have just released a statement which not only condemned the use of the Internal Security Act as unislamic, but also reaffirmed the position that Teresa Kok was never involved in the so-called "azan" issues in Kota Damansara and Kinrara mosques.

    Philosophy Politics Economics 2008

  • It sounds the "azan" call to prayer five times a day as well as the bang of the traditional bedug drum used at sunset to signal the end of the fast.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • It sounds the "azan" call to prayer five times a day as well as the bang of the traditional bedug drum used at sunset to signal the end of the fast.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • In the case of member of parliament Teresa Kok's detention, you were reported to have said in the press conference that "she started a very sensitive issue with the question of the 'azan' and it should be stopped".

    Malaysiakini 2008

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