Definitions
slender tower with balconies
Word origin
First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.
Used in a sentence
“And in the background of the picture, just out of focus behind the man, was a soaring minaret outlined against a shockingly blue sky.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Mosque tower”7 letters
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