mihrap
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish محراب, Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mihrap (definite accusative mihrabı, plural mihraplar)
- mihrab; a niche in a mosque, that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “mihrap”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “mihrap”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- mihrap on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia tr