mimbar

English

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Alternative forms

• minbar

Etymology

From Arabic منبر (minbar), from نبر (nabara) ‘raise’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪmbɑː/

Noun

mimbar (plural mimbars)

1. A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate 2006, p. 795:

     Here too the pulpit was like a mimbar in a mosque [...].

   • 2002, John Avetaranian, Richard Schafer, The Muslim Who Became a Christian, Authors On Line 2003, p. 122:

     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.