mimbar
English
Alternative forms
- minbar
Etymology
From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, “raise”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɪmbɑː/
Noun
mimbar (plural mimbars)
- 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.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate 2006, p. 795:
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɪmbar]
- Hyphenation: mim‧bar
Noun
mimbar (first-person possessive mimbarku, second-person possessive mimbarmu, third-person possessive mimbarnya)
- pulpit, a raised platform or base.
- (figuratively) forum, place to express idea.
Alternative forms
- bembar
Further reading
- “mimbar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.