Adhan vs. Azan

(Islam) The call to prayer, which originally consisted of simply four takbirs followed by the statement لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ).

Example: ‘If one pray alone, then no adhan is needed.’;

The adhan (Arabic: أَذَان‎ [ʔaˈðaːn]; also written adhaan, azan, azaan in Farsi, athan, and ezan in Urdu and Turkish, among other languages) is the Islamic call to prayer, recited by a muezzin at prescribed times of the day. The root of the word is ʾadhina أَذِنَ meaning .

Example: ‘to listen, to hear, be informed about’;

(histology) A staining technique involving azocarmine and aniline dyes.