mimbar

English

Alternative forms

• minbar

Etymology

From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, “raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪmbɑː/

Noun

mimbar (plural mimbars)

1. A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 795:

     Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque [...].

   • 2002, John Avetaranian, Richard Schafer, The Muslim Who Became a Christian, Authors On Line 2003, p. 122:

     There is only a pulpit for the preacher, which stands along the left side, and on the right is the mimbar, that is a flight of stairs with ten steps.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪmbar]
• Hyphenation: mim‧bar

Noun

mimbar (first-person possessive mimbarku, second-person possessive mimbarmu, third-person possessive mimbarnya)

1. pulpit, a raised platform or base.
2. (figurative) forum, place to express idea.

Alternative forms

• bembar

Further reading

• “mimbar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• minbar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmimbaɾ/ [ˈmim.bɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -imbaɾ
• Syllabification: mim‧bar

Noun

mimbar (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)

1. minbar (pulpit in a mosque)

See also

• imam
• kutba
• pulpito