different between iwan vs mihrab

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ?????? (eyvân, “porch”); see it for more. Doublet of apadana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iw?n/

Noun

iwan (plural iwans)

1. A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.

Alternative forms

• aiwan
• ivan

Related terms

• liwan
• apadana

References

Further reading

• iwan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IAWN, Wain, inaw, wain

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ì???án]

Numeral

iwan (Kana spelling ???)

1. six

Middle English

Noun

iwan (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of iwon

Moere

Noun

iwan

1. ear

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)

Northern Oaxaca Nahuatl

Conjunction

iwan

1. and

English

Etymology

Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b)

Noun

mihrab (plural mihrabs)

1. (Islam) a niche in a mosque that indicates the qibla (direction of Mecca), and into which the imam prays
2. (Islam) a design in a Muslim prayer mat with the same function

References

Anagrams

• Brahim, Brahmi

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?rab/
• Hyphenation: mih?ràb

Noun

mihrab m (invariable)

1. (Islam) mihrab

References

• mihrab in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ?????? (mihrab), from Arabic ????????? (mi?r?b).

Noun

mihrab n (uncountable)

1. (Islam) mihrab

Declension