mihrab
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).[1]
Noun
editmihrab (plural mihrabs)
- (Islam) A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
- 1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
- Certainly there are nagging undertones of regret to the greatest of the Islamic monuments of Spain, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, for now that its mihrab has been demoted to be a mere curiosity, […] .
- (Islam) A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “mihrab”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
editItalian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmihrab m (invariable)
Further reading
edit- mihrab in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish محراب (mihrab), from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).
Noun
editmihrab n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of mihrab (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) mihrab | mihrabul |
genitive/dative | (unui) mihrab | mihrabului |
vocative | mihrabule |
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