Minaret at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus A minaret (/ ˌmɪnəˈrɛt, ˈmɪnəˌrɛt /; [1] Arabic: منارة, romanized: manāra, or Arabic: مِئْذَنة, romanized: miʾḏana; Turkish: minare; Persian: گل‌دسته, romanized: goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques.

Minaret, in Islamic religious architecture, the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times a day by a muezzin. It is always connected to a mosque but may take on a wide variety of forms ranging from thick, squat, spiral ramps to soaring, delicate, pencil-thin spires.

2013年2月6日 · A Minaret is a feature of Islamic architecture and is the place from where the call to prayer is sent out. They are also known as a manār or manāra in Arabic, meaning place of fire or light (nar or nur).

2020年3月20日 · The minaret is one of the most recognizable elements of Islamic religious architecture. Essentially, the minaret is a tower attached to a mosque. In the past, the minaret served mainly as the from which a muezzin would summon Muslims to prayer. Today, however, this role has largely been taken over by loudspeakers.

2024年5月23日 · A minaret is a tall, slender tower which is attached to a mosque, a Muslim place of worship. There are a number of uses for minarets, but perhaps the most famous is the traditional call to prayer, which is often issued from the balconies minarets.

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2018年5月17日 · minaret a slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer. Recorded from the late 17th century, the word comes from French or Spanish and ultimately, via Turkish, from Arabic manār (a) ‘lighthouse, minaret’, based on nār ‘fire or light’.

2021年9月8日 · This article explores the minaret, one of Islamic architecture's prominent religious and cultural features.

A minaret shaft or tower, the elongated main body that hosts a spiral staircase to reach the balcony, is often a tapering cylindrical or octagonal tower. A balcony is a projected platform encircling the body of the minaret protected with railings, from …

2017年7月23日 · A minaret is a tower that Islamic holy men called muezzins climb in order to call out the call to prayer, five times a day. It is a tall thin building with stairs inside it (or sometimes outside) and small windows to let in daylight.