mihrab

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).

Noun

mihrab (plural mihrabs)

1. (Islam) A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
   • 1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:

     Certainly there are nagging undertones of regret to the greatest of the Islamic monuments of Spain, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, for now that its mihrab has been demoted to be a mere curiosity, […] .

2. (Islam) A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.

See also

• qibla

Anagrams

• Brahmi, Birmah, Brahim, Brāhmī, brahmi

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈrab/
• Rhymes: -ab
• Hyphenation: mih‧ràb

Noun

mihrab m (invariable)

1. (Islam) mihrab

Further reading

• mihrab in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محراب (mihrab), from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).

Noun

mihrab n (uncountable)

1. (Islam) mihrab

Declension

declension of mihrab (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mihrab	mihrabul
genitive/dative	(unui) mihrab	mihrabului
vocative	mihrabule