mimbar
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Etymology edit
From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, “raise”).
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mimbar (plural mimbars)
- 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 edit
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mimbar (first-person possessive mimbarku, second-person possessive mimbarmu, third-person possessive mimbarnya)
- pulpit, a raised platform or base.
- (figurative) forum, place to express idea.
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- “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 edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).
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- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmimbaɾ/ [ˈmim.bɐɾ]
- Rhymes: -imbaɾ
- Syllabification: mim‧bar
Noun edit
mimbar (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)