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mihrabs

mihrabs is the plural of mihrab.

Meaning of mihrab

Noun

mihrab (plural mihrabs)

  1. A niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays.
    • Certainly there are nagging undertones of regret to the greatest of the Islamic monuments of Spain, the Great Mosque of Córdoba, for now that its mihrab has been demoted to be a mere curiosity, […].1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN
  2. A design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function.

Questions about mihrabs

What is mihrabs the plural of?
Mihrabs is the plural of mihrab.

Words near mihrabs in the dictionary

  1. Mihok
  2. Mihoko
  3. Mihoks
  4. Mihovljan
  5. mihrab
  6. mihrabs
  7. Mihranian
  8. Mihranyan
  9. Mihăești
  10. Mihăileni
  11. Mihăilești

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