m 3 i 1 n 1 a 1 r 1 e 1 t 1
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun slender tower with balconies
originEtymology tree Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra)bor. Ottoman Turkish منارهbor. French minaretbor. English minaret First attested in 1682. Borrowed from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse”). See note on pronunciations and borrowing of words with ـَة (-a). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as menorah.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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