mihrab

Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).^[1]

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.

• qibla

• Brahmi, Birmah, Brahim, Brāhmī, brahmi

From Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmihrab/ [ˈmih.rap̚]
• Rhymes: -ihrab
• Syllabification: mih‧rab

mihrab

1. mihrab (a niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla, and into which the imam prays)

• “mihrab” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Arabic مِحْرَاب (miḥrāb).

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

mihrab m (invariable)

1. (Islam) mihrab

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

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

mihrab n (uncountable)

1. (Islam) mihrab