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Meaning of adhan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɑːˈðɑːn/

Definitions

The call to prayer, which consisted originally of simply four takbīrs followed by the statement (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ) لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله ((ʔašhadu ʔan) lā ʔilāha ʔillā llāh).

Equivalents

العربية أذان
Suomi rukouskutsu
Français adhan
हिन्दी अज़ान बाग
Bahasa Indonesia azan bang
日本語 アザーン
한국어 아잔
Nederlands ezan
Polski adhan
Português adhan
Русский азан
Svenska böneutrop
Türkçe ezan

Examples

“If one were to pray alone and cannot hear the adhan from a nearby mosque, then giving both the adhan and iqamah is Sunnah (recommended).”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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