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noun
- A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
- 1942: Here too the pulpit was like a 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 , 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)
Etymology: From Arabic (ARchar, ÙÙ) (minbar), from (ARchar, Ù) (nabara) "raise".
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