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I do not know Arabic, but in Bengali, the word Azan of Arabic origin means announcement: it is speciallized to the call to namaz issued from the mosques by the muazzin (announcer) every morning and evening. From what I hear, this call itself is considered worthy of respect by the muslim.

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Ayan appears as a name in Bengali, but that is not considered of semitic origin. But during a previous discussions on this board, I checked that there is an Arabic or Persian (or maybe both) Ayan, but I never followed it up. (I vaguely remember that it had something to do with high or soul).