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From Classical Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar), from نَبَرَ (nabara, raise).

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mimbar (plural mimbars)

  1. A pulpit in a mosque from which the leader of prayers delivers the khutbah.
    • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 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.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪmbar]
  • Hyphenation: mim‧bar
  • Rhymes: -ar

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mimbar (first-person possessive mimbarku, second-person possessive mimbarmu, third-person possessive mimbarnya)

  1. pulpit, a raised platform or base.
  2. (figurative) forum, place to express idea.

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Tagalog

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Borrowed from Arabic مِنْبَر (minbar).

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mimbar (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜇ᜔) (Islam)

  1. minbar (pulpit in a mosque)

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