"محراب" meaning in Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /miħ.raːb/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb) attested several times for a certain architectural feature of a palace or court, and for a “part of a temple where 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb) oracles are obtained”, compare 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨𐩩 (tḥrbt, “votive relief”), 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb, “to obtain a vision or an oracle”), 𐩢𐩧𐩨 (ḥrb, “to obtain an oracle”). Possibly also related to Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”), Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”) = Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”), Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”), Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ar|sem-srb|𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨}} Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb), {{cog|sem-srb|𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨|t=sanctuary, temple}} Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”), {{cog|gez|ምኵራብ|t=sanctuary, temple}} Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), {{cog|sem-srb|𐩫𐩧𐩨|t=to carry out instructions}} Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”), {{cog|sem-srb|𐩫𐩧𐩨|t=to bless}} Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”), {{cog|ar|بَرَّكَ|t=to bless}} Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”), {{cog|akk|𒅗𒊏𒁍|t=to pray|ts=karābu}} Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”), {{cog|he|כְּרוּב|t=cherub|tr=kerūḇ}} Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”) Head templates: {{ar-noun|مِحْرَاب|m|pl=مَحَارِيب}} مِحْرَاب • (miḥrāb) m (plural مَحَارِيب (maḥārīb)) Inflection templates: {{ar-decl-noun|مِحْرَاب|pl=مَحَارِيب}} Forms: مِحْرَاب [canonical], miḥrāb [romanization], مَحَارِيب [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], مِحْرَاب [indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَاب [definite, informal, singular, triptote], مِحْرَاب [construct, informal, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابٌ [indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابُ [definite, nominative, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابُ [construct, nominative, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابًا [accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابَ [accusative, definite, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَ [accusative, construct, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابٍ [genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابِ [definite, genitive, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابِ [construct, genitive, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْن [dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابَيْن [definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْ [construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَانِ [dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابَانِ [definite, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَا [construct, dual, nominative, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْنِ [accusative, dual, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابَيْنِ [accusative, definite, dual, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْ [accusative, construct, dual, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْنِ [dual, genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote], الْمِحْرَابَيْنِ [definite, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], مِحْرَابَيْ [construct, dual, genitive, singular, triptote], مَحَارِيب [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, informal, plural], الْمَحَارِيب [broken-form, definite, diptote, informal, plural], مَحَارِيب [broken-form, construct, diptote, informal, plural], مَحَارِيبُ [broken-form, diptote, indefinite, nominative, plural], الْمَحَارِيبُ [broken-form, definite, diptote, nominative, plural], مَحَارِيبُ [broken-form, construct, diptote, nominative, plural], مَحَارِيبَ [accusative, broken-form, diptote, indefinite, plural], الْمَحَارِيبَ [accusative, broken-form, definite, diptote, plural], مَحَارِيبَ [accusative, broken-form, construct, diptote, plural], مَحَارِيبَ [broken-form, diptote, genitive, indefinite, plural], الْمَحَارِيبِ [broken-form, definite, diptote, genitive, plural], مَحَارِيبِ [broken-form, construct, diptote, genitive, plural]
  1. the prayer chamber of the imam in a mosque or instead, a symbolic niche in the wall in the direction of the qibla; mihrab
    Sense id: en-محراب-ar-noun-dsX7jpTO Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural, Arabic nouns with broken plural Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 53 29 17 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural: 44 36 20 Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with broken plural: 45 34 21
  2. the chief, uppermost or most honorable sitting place, throne room, the highest chamber; sanctum of a king Categories (topical): Architectural elements, Rooms
    Sense id: en-محراب-ar-noun-7HAFnpNu Disambiguation of Architectural elements: 21 53 25 Disambiguation of Rooms: 13 62 25 Categories (other): Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular Disambiguation of Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular: 35 44 21
  3. (Jewish antiquity) oracle (the sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple); sanctum sanctorum Tags: Jewish, historical
    Sense id: en-محراب-ar-noun-UtjikL2g

Download JSON data for محراب meaning in Arabic (13.3kB)

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "mehrab",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: mehrab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: mehrab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "մէհրապ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: մէհրապ (mēhrap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: մէհրապ (mēhrap), մեհրաբ (mehrab), մահրապ (mahrap)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "محراب",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mihrâb"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: محراب (mihrâb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: محراب (mihrâb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mihrap",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: mihrap (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: mihrap (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "محراب",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mehrâb"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: محراب (mehrâb)\n→ Urdu: محراب (mihrāb, mehrāb)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: محراب (mehrâb)\n→ Urdu: محراب (mihrāb, mehrāb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "مېھراپ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: مېھراپ (mëhrap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: مېھراپ (mëhrap)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "mehrob",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: mehrob",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: mehrob"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-srb",
        "3": "𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "sanctuary, temple"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምኵራብ",
        "t": "sanctuary, temple"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "to carry out instructions"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَرَّكَ",
        "t": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒅗𒊏𒁍",
        "t": "to pray",
        "ts": "karābu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּרוּב",
        "t": "cherub",
        "tr": "kerūḇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb) attested several times for a certain architectural feature of a palace or court, and for a “part of a temple where 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb) oracles are obtained”, compare 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨𐩩 (tḥrbt, “votive relief”), 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb, “to obtain a vision or an oracle”), 𐩢𐩧𐩨 (ḥrb, “to obtain an oracle”). Possibly also related to Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”), Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”) = Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”), Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”), Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”).",
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    {
      "form": "مِحْرَاب",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miḥrāb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيب",
      "roman": "maḥārīb",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ar-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَاب",
      "roman": "miḥrāb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَاب",
      "roman": "al-miḥrāb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَاب",
      "roman": "miḥrāb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابٌ",
      "roman": "miḥrābun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابُ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابُ",
      "roman": "miḥrābu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابًا",
      "roman": "miḥrāban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrāba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَ",
      "roman": "miḥrāba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابٍ",
      "roman": "miḥrābin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابِ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْن",
      "roman": "miḥrābayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَيْن",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābayn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْ",
      "roman": "miḥrābay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَانِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَانِ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَا",
      "roman": "miḥrābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْنِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْ",
      "roman": "miḥrābay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْنِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَيْنِ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْ",
      "roman": "miḥrābay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيب",
      "roman": "maḥārīb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيب",
      "roman": "al-maḥārīb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيب",
      "roman": "maḥārīb",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبُ",
      "roman": "maḥārību",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبُ",
      "roman": "al-maḥārību",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبُ",
      "roman": "maḥārību",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "al-maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبِ",
      "roman": "al-maḥārībi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبِ",
      "roman": "maḥārībi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "مِحْرَاب",
        "2": "m",
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      },
      "expansion": "مِحْرَاب • (miḥrāb) m (plural مَحَارِيب (maḥārīb))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "مِحْرَاب",
        "pl": "مَحَارِيب"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 36 20",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 34 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "14th century CE, ʾIbn Kaṯīr, al-Bidāya wan-Nihāya [The Beginning and the End]",
          "text": "وقد قال الشافعي رحمه الله تعالى: إن لم تكن العلماء العاقلون أولياء الله فلا أعلم لله وليا، وكان يؤم الناس للصلاة في محراب الحنابلة هو والشيخ العماد،[…]\nAnd Ash-Shāfiʿī — God, He be exalted, have mercy on him — had said: If the prudent scholars are not the allies of God, then I know not of any ally for God; and he used to lead the people in prayer in the mihrab of the Hanbalis, along with Sheikh Al-ʿImād; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And we see the mihrabs the Mamluks erected in Egypt and Syria (the Levant) are from among the finest made marble mihrabs, where the hollow of the mihrab ends with an arch in the shape of a semi-dome covered with multicoloured marble bands.",
          "ref": "2008, Zulaikha Amin Hussain, Mawsūʿat Yanābīʿ al-Maʿrifa [Encyclopedia of the Fountains of Knowledge]",
          "text": "ونري المحاريب التي شيدها المماليك في مصر والشام من أبدع المحاريب الرخامية، حيث تنتهي تجويفة المحراب بطاقية على شكل نصف قبـة مكسوة بأشرطة رخامية متعددة الألوان.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the prayer chamber of the imam in a mosque or instead, a symbolic niche in the wall in the direction of the qibla; mihrab"
      ],
      "id": "en-محراب-ar-noun-dsX7jpTO",
      "links": [
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ],
        [
          "imam",
          "imam"
        ],
        [
          "mosque",
          "mosque"
        ],
        [
          "symbolic",
          "symbolic"
        ],
        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ],
        [
          "qibla",
          "qibla"
        ],
        [
          "mihrab",
          "mihrab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 44 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 53 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Architectural elements",
          "orig": "ar:Architectural elements",
          "parents": [
            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 62 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ar",
          "name": "Rooms",
          "orig": "ar:Rooms",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Architecture",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the chief, uppermost or most honorable sitting place, throne room, the highest chamber; sanctum of a king"
      ],
      "id": "en-محراب-ar-noun-7HAFnpNu",
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "uppermost",
          "uppermost"
        ],
        [
          "honorable",
          "honorable"
        ],
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "throne room",
          "throne room"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ],
        [
          "sanctum",
          "sanctum"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracle (the sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple); sanctum sanctorum"
      ],
      "id": "en-محراب-ar-noun-UtjikL2g",
      "links": [
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ],
        [
          "sanctuary",
          "sanctuary#English"
        ],
        [
          "holy",
          "holy#English"
        ],
        [
          "temple",
          "temple#English"
        ],
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          "sanctum sanctorum",
          "sanctum sanctorum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jewish antiquity) oracle (the sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple); sanctum sanctorum"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jewish",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/miħ.raːb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "محراب"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic masculine nouns",
    "Arabic nouns",
    "Arabic nouns with basic diptote broken plural",
    "Arabic nouns with basic triptote singular",
    "Arabic nouns with broken plural",
    "Arabic terms borrowed from Old South Arabian",
    "Arabic terms derived from Old South Arabian",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ar:Architectural elements",
    "ar:Rooms"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "mehrab",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: mehrab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: mehrab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "axm",
            "2": "մէհրապ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Armenian: մէհրապ (mēhrap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Armenian: մէհրապ (mēhrap), մեհրաբ (mehrab), մահրապ (mahrap)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "محراب",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mihrâb"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: محراب (mihrâb)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: محراب (mihrâb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "mihrap",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Turkish: mihrap (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Turkish: mihrap (inherited)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "محراب",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "mehrâb"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Persian: محراب (mehrâb)\n→ Urdu: محراب (mihrāb, mehrāb)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Persian: محراب (mehrâb)\n→ Urdu: محراب (mihrāb, mehrāb)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ug",
            "2": "مېھراپ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uyghur: مېھراپ (mëhrap)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uyghur: مېھراپ (mëhrap)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "mehrob",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: mehrob",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: mehrob"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "sem-srb",
        "3": "𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "sanctuary, temple"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ምኵራብ",
        "t": "sanctuary, temple"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "to carry out instructions"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-srb",
        "2": "𐩫𐩧𐩨",
        "t": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بَرَّكَ",
        "t": "to bless"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "𒅗𒊏𒁍",
        "t": "to pray",
        "ts": "karābu"
      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "כְּרוּב",
        "t": "cherub",
        "tr": "kerūḇ"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩢𐩧𐩨 (mḥrb) attested several times for a certain architectural feature of a palace or court, and for a “part of a temple where 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb) oracles are obtained”, compare 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨𐩩 (tḥrbt, “votive relief”), 𐩩𐩢𐩧𐩨 (tḥrb, “to obtain a vision or an oracle”), 𐩢𐩧𐩨 (ḥrb, “to obtain an oracle”). Possibly also related to Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 (mkrb, “sanctuary, temple”), Ge'ez ምኵራብ (məkʷrab, “sanctuary, temple”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to carry out instructions”), Old South Arabian 𐩫𐩧𐩨 (krb, “to bless”) = Arabic بَرَّكَ (barraka, “to bless”), Akkadian 𒅗𒊏𒁍 (/⁠karābu⁠/, “to pray”), Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerūḇ, “cherub”).",
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    {
      "form": "miḥrāb",
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      "form": "مِحْرَابُ",
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        "construct",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابًا",
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        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَ",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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    {
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        "construct",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابٍ",
      "roman": "miḥrābin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابِ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābi",
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        "construct",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْن",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَيْن",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābayn",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "dual",
        "informal",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
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        "dual",
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        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَانِ",
      "roman": "al-miḥrābāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَا",
      "roman": "miḥrābā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْنِ",
      "roman": "miḥrābayni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمِحْرَابَيْنِ",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْ",
      "roman": "miḥrābay",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "construct",
        "dual",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مِحْرَابَيْنِ",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
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        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "triptote"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيب",
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        "diptote",
        "indefinite",
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "informal",
        "plural"
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        "diptote",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "diptote",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبُ",
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        "definite",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "broken-form",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "al-maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبَ",
      "roman": "maḥārība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "الْمَحَارِيبِ",
      "roman": "al-maḥārībi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "definite",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "مَحَارِيبِ",
      "roman": "maḥārībi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "broken-form",
        "construct",
        "diptote",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "مِحْرَاب",
        "2": "m",
        "pl": "مَحَارِيب"
      },
      "expansion": "مِحْرَاب • (miḥrāb) m (plural مَحَارِيب (maḥārīb))",
      "name": "ar-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "مِحْرَاب",
        "pl": "مَحَارِيب"
      },
      "name": "ar-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "14th century CE, ʾIbn Kaṯīr, al-Bidāya wan-Nihāya [The Beginning and the End]",
          "text": "وقد قال الشافعي رحمه الله تعالى: إن لم تكن العلماء العاقلون أولياء الله فلا أعلم لله وليا، وكان يؤم الناس للصلاة في محراب الحنابلة هو والشيخ العماد،[…]\nAnd Ash-Shāfiʿī — God, He be exalted, have mercy on him — had said: If the prudent scholars are not the allies of God, then I know not of any ally for God; and he used to lead the people in prayer in the mihrab of the Hanbalis, along with Sheikh Al-ʿImād; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "And we see the mihrabs the Mamluks erected in Egypt and Syria (the Levant) are from among the finest made marble mihrabs, where the hollow of the mihrab ends with an arch in the shape of a semi-dome covered with multicoloured marble bands.",
          "ref": "2008, Zulaikha Amin Hussain, Mawsūʿat Yanābīʿ al-Maʿrifa [Encyclopedia of the Fountains of Knowledge]",
          "text": "ونري المحاريب التي شيدها المماليك في مصر والشام من أبدع المحاريب الرخامية، حيث تنتهي تجويفة المحراب بطاقية على شكل نصف قبـة مكسوة بأشرطة رخامية متعددة الألوان.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the prayer chamber of the imam in a mosque or instead, a symbolic niche in the wall in the direction of the qibla; mihrab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prayer",
          "prayer"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ],
        [
          "imam",
          "imam"
        ],
        [
          "mosque",
          "mosque"
        ],
        [
          "symbolic",
          "symbolic"
        ],
        [
          "niche",
          "niche"
        ],
        [
          "qibla",
          "qibla"
        ],
        [
          "mihrab",
          "mihrab"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the chief, uppermost or most honorable sitting place, throne room, the highest chamber; sanctum of a king"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "uppermost",
          "uppermost"
        ],
        [
          "honorable",
          "honorable"
        ],
        [
          "sit",
          "sit"
        ],
        [
          "throne room",
          "throne room"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "chamber",
          "chamber"
        ],
        [
          "sanctum",
          "sanctum"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oracle (the sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple); sanctum sanctorum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oracle",
          "oracle"
        ],
        [
          "sanctuary",
          "sanctuary#English"
        ],
        [
          "holy",
          "holy#English"
        ],
        [
          "temple",
          "temple#English"
        ],
        [
          "sanctum sanctorum",
          "sanctum sanctorum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Jewish antiquity) oracle (the sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple); sanctum sanctorum"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Jewish",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/miħ.raːb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "محراب"
}

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