mihrap

Turkish

Bir mihrap

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محراب‎, Arabic مِحْرَاب‎ (miḥrāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mih.ˈɾɑp]
Hyphenation: mih‧rap

Noun

mihrap (definite accusative mihrabı, plural mihraplar)

mihrab; a niche in a mosque, that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays

Declension

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Further reading

mihrap in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “mihrap”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
mihrap on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr

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