مِيءْذَنَةٌ

(which may also be pronounced مِيذَنَةٌ, Msb) The place [generally a turret of a mosque] upon which the time of prayer is notified, made known, or proclaimed; (T, M, * K; *) i. q. مَنَارَةٌ [which has this meaning and others also]; (AZ, T, S, Msb;) as also ↓ مُوءْذَنَةٌ: (AZ, T:) or it signifies, (as in some copies of the K,) or signifies also, (as in other copies of the same,) i. q. مَنَارَةٌ: and صَوْمَعَةٌ: [see these two words:] (K:) or i. q. مَنَارَةٌ, meaning صَوْمَعَةٌ; (Lh, M, TA;) by way of comparison [to the turret first mentioned]: but as to ↓ مَأْذَنَةٌ, it is a vulgar word: (TA:) the plural is مَاذِنُ, agreeably with the original form of the singular (Msb.)