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mihrab

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mih⋅rab

  [meer-uhb]
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–noun
(in a mosque) a niche or decorative panel designating the kiblah.
Origin:
1810–20; < Ar miḥrāb
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mih·rab   (mîr'əb)   
n.   Islam

  1. A niche in the wall of a mosque or a room in the mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.

  2. A niche design in the middle of a Muslim prayer rug, pointed toward Mecca during worship.


[Arabic miḥrāb, probably from Old South Arabian mḥrb, part of a temple, from ḥrb, to fight, perform a certain ritual in a temple; see ḥrb in Semitic roots.]
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