| 释义 |
‖ muezzin|muːˈɛzɪn|
Forms: α. 6 maizin, 7 meizin, muyezin, (pl. muyezini), muezem, -im, 7–8 muezin, 8 muasin, mezzin, muesin, 9 muezzeem, -im, 9– muezzin; β. 7 muetden, mouden, -on, 9 moo-ed'din, mueddin, mouedhin, mood(d)in.
[Arabic mu'aððin, active pple. of aððana, 2nd conjug. (frequentative) of aðana to proclaim, f. uðn ear. The α forms proceed from the widespread dialectal pronunciation with (z) or |dz| for |ð|. Some of the forms appear to be meant for Arab. mu'ðin, the pple. of the 4th conjug. of the same vb.]
In Muslim countries, a public crier who proclaims the regular hours of prayer from the minaret or the roof of a mosque.
α1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iii. xxi. 110 b, The Maizins beginne to cry vppon the towres. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 301 And the Meizin or Muetden (Clarke, Sexten, Priest, Bell-ringer, or Bell rather) standeth up and readeth that Psalme. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 267 The Muyezini crie from the tops of Mosques, battologuizing Llala Hyllula. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 49 A Muezim goes up to the top of the Minaret and calls to Prayers. Ibid. ii. 18 The Turks say that the Muesem cannot call to prayers there as at other Mosques. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xii. 59 These Criers are called Muasins. 1704J. Pitts Acc. Mohammetans vi. 38 The Mezzins, or Clerks are ready to observe his motions. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xi, As rose the Muezzin's voice in air In midnight call to wonted prayer. 1819T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. xii. 224 Hark!..there is the Muezzeem of Sultan Achmet, just calling to prayers. 1820T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily II. 25 The sonorous tones of their muzzeins [sic: misprint.]
fig.1907Q. Rev. Apr. 585 His Majesty's Cabinet listened to this call of the muezzin of the revolution from the minaret of the Duma.
β1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 603 When the Mouden, or Sexten crieth in the steeple. 1615Bedwell Arab. Trudg., Salie, The Moudon from the top of the steeple cryeth..Allah cabir, la allah, illa ilellah. 1836Lane Mod. Egypt. I. iii. 83 Most of the moo-eddins of Cairo have harmonious and sonorous voices. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 248 The Giralda was the great tower from whence the mueddin summoned the faithful to prayers. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. iv. i. (1864) II. 185 The Mouedhin proclaimed from the roof ‘There is one God and Mohammed is his prophet’. 1875W. G. Palgrave in Encycl. Brit. II. 250/1 In most cases there is no minaret attached [to the mosque], the times of prayer being merely announced by the ‘múeddin’, or crier, from the roof itself. 1889Hall Caine Scapegoat xxv, The mooddin was chanting to call to prayers. |