muezzin
noun
- person appointed at a mosque to lead and recite the call to prayer
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /muˈɛ.zɪn/
noun
Etymology: From Turkish müezzin or Ottoman Turkish مؤذن (müezzin), from Arabic مُؤَذِّن (muʔaḏḏin, “one who calls (to prayer), crier”).
- The person who issues the call to prayer from one of the minarets of a mosque.
“approaching the mosque, at the call of the muezzin (III, xvi)”
“I was awoken by the voice of a distant muezzin calling the faithful to prayer.”