Adhān
أَذان
Say it a-DHAAN
The call to prayer
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʾ-dh-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Azaan, Azan, Adhan, Athan
Meaning & source
The call to prayer; at root, an announcement: “al-adhān is al-iʿlām”, making something known. Lisān: “the adhān of the prayer is well known”.
Azaan and Azan are the usual South Asian spellings. No early bearer recorded here; the word is classical Arabic.
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والأَذانُ: الإِعْلامُ