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▪ I. ‖ minar|mɪˈnɑː(r)|
Also 7 mynar.
[a. Arab. manār, f. root of nār fire.]
A lighthouse, a tower, or turret. Cf. minaret.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 142 High slender Turrets which the Mahometans..term..Minars, i.e. Towers. Ibid. 318 A Tower, Mynar [edd. 1634, 1638, manor]. 1864Chambers's Encycl. s.v., In India, Minars, or pillars of victory, are frequently erected in connection with mosques... They..are divided into stories by projecting balconies, like the minarets. 1898G. Smith Twelve Ind. Statesm. iii. 100 The Taj itself..was illumined by the electric light from its four minars and the mosques on either side.
▪ II. minar
variant of mina2. |