Meanings
nounmimbar (plural mimbars)
plural mimbars · alternative minbar
- IslamA pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque [...].
1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 7951 more example
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.
2002, John Avetaranian, Richard Schafer, The Muslim Who Became a Christian, Authors On Line 2003, p. 122
Origin
- Arabicمِنْبَر
- Englishmimbar
From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, “raise”).
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