| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·zan |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä-zän |
| NOUN: | Islam The Muslim summons to prayer, called by the muezzin from a minaret of a mosque five times a day. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic ’a  n, from ’aana, to call to prayer, derived stem of ’aina, to listen, from ’un, ear. See  n in Appendix II.
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