How to say "call to prayer" in Arabic
CognateMeaningcall to prayer
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
أَذَان
adhānאד'אן
أذان
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
קריאה לתפילה
kri'a litfilaكْرِيئَا لِتْفِيلَا
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
أ-ذ-نHebrew root
א-ז-ןThe root that gives 'ear' in both languages, א-ז-ן / ʾ-dh-n, doing double duty: adhān, the call to prayer, is literally 'the announcing' — the thing made for ears to hear.
Related Hebrew word:אוזןozenأُوزِن
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In a phrase
سَمِعَ الْأَذَان
samiʿa al-adhānסמע אל-אד'אןhe heard the call to prayer