ETYM Spanish minarete, Arabic manârat lamp, lantern, lighthouse, turret, from nâr to shine.
A slender tower with balconies.
Slender turret or tower attached to a Muslim mosque or to buildings designed in that style. It has one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer five times a day. See also Islamic architecture.
Deo džamije, visoka kula, visoka uska kula uz džamiju s koje mujezin (hodža) poziva vernike na molitvu (tur.)