mihrab

[ meer-uhb ]

/ ˈmɪər əb /

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noun

(in a mosque) a niche or decorative panel designating the kiblah.

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Origin of mihrab

First recorded in 1810–20, mihrab is from the Arabic word miḥrāb

Words nearby mihrab

MIG welding, miha, Mihailović, mihi, MIHL, mihrab, mikado, Mikasuki, mike, mike fright, Mike-Mike

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How to use mihrab in a sentence

Adjacent to it is a beautiful if gaudy little Mohammedan mihrab or oratory, approached through a private garden.
Southern Spain|A.F. Calvert
All mosques point toward Mecca, and at the Mecca end stands a mihrab, or niche, from which the imam conducts the devotions.
Turkey|Julius R. Van Millingen
One of these columns, that to the east, has been partly built into the mihrab wall.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople|Alexander Van Millingen
Rudabeh's mother won the consent of Mihrab, so that the young people were soon married with great pomp.
National Epics|Kate Milner Rabb

If we stand in the northern lateral apse and face the mihrab the reason for the alterations is evident.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople|Alexander Van Millingen

British Dictionary definitions for mihrab

mihrab

/ (ˈmiːræb, -rəb) /

noun

Islam the niche in a mosque showing the direction of Mecca

Word Origin for mihrab

from Arabic

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