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muezzin

person appointed at a mosque to lead and recite the call to prayer
Intangible profession Q239718
muezzin
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Summary

muezzin is a profession[1]. muezzin ranks in the top 9% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,672 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: Muslim[3]
  • Commons category: Muezzins[4]
  • Field of this occupation: adhan[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Muezzins[6]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'[8], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], New International Encyclopedia[12]
  • Female form of label: مؤذنة[13]
  • Male form of label: muezin[14]

Why It Matters

muezzin has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] muezzin is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Bilal ibn Ribah

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). muezzin. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/muezzin
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_muezzin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{muezzin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/muezzin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject lexeme → {'id': 'L311212', 'numeric-id': 311212, 'entity-type': 'lexe
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → Muslim
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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