The
adhan ( ), (or
azan as pronounced in
Afghanistan,
Azerbaijan,
Bangladesh,
India,
Indonesia,
Iran,
Malaysia,
Pakistan,
Russia,
Tajikistan, and
Turkmenistan,
ezan in
Turkey,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Albania,
Kosovo,
azon in
Uzbekistan, and
baang in some regions of
Pakistan,
Kurdistan,
India, and
Aceh,
Indonesia) is the
Islamic call to
worship, recited by the
muezzin at prescribed times of the day. The root of the word is
ʾadhina meaning "to listen, to hear, be informed about". Another derivative of this word is
ʾudhun (
أُذُن), meaning "ear".