different between minbar vs mimbar

English

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (minbar).

Noun

minbar (plural minbars)

1. A pulpit in a mosque, usually shaped like a small tower, where the imam stands to deliver sermons.

Alternative forms

• mimbar, mimber

Anagrams

• Birman, Birnam, Bramin, NIBMAR, imbarn

Dutch

Noun

minbar m (plural minbars, diminutive minbartje n)

1. (Islam) minbar, pulpit in a mosque

English

Alternative forms

• minbar

Etymology

From Classical Arabic ???????? (minbar), from ??????? (nabara, “raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?mb??/

Noun

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 2006, p. 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

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (minbar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?mbar]
• Hyphenation: mim?bar

Noun

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

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

Alternative forms

• bembar

Further reading

• “mimbar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.