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- Arabic · borrowed fromمِبْخَرَة
- English todaymabkhara
From Arabic مِبْخَرَة (mibḵara) (dialects tend to pronounce the prefix ma-).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mabkhara
Today it means: A traditional censer in the Arab world and Turkey, usually having a square pedestal base or legs with inward-sloping sides which support a square cup with outward-sloping sides. Full definition →
Arabic مِبْخَرَة