Buraq Wall

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Partial calque of Arabic حَائِطُ ٱلْبُرَاق (ḥāʔiṭu l-burāq), because it is, according to Muslim tradition, the location where the prophet Mohammed tethered the legendary creature Buraq, البُرَاق (al-burāq).

Proper noun[edit]

the Buraq Wall

  1. (Islam) The Western Wall.
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