English
wikipedia
Alternative forms
minbar
Etymology
From Arabic ARchar|��بر (minbar), from ARchar|�بر (nabara) �raise�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�mɪmb�:/
Noun
en-noun
- A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
#*1942: Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 795)
#*2002: 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. � John Avetaranian, Richard Schafer, The Muslim Who Became a Christian (Authors On Line 2003, p. 122)
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