different between prayer vs mihrab

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English preiere, from Anglo-Norman preiere, from Old French priere, proiere, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin prec?ria, feminine of Latin prec?rius (“obtained by entreaty”), from precor (“beg, entreat”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???(?)/
• (US) enPR: prâr, pr???r, IPA^(key): /p???/, /?p?e???/, /?p???/

Noun

prayer (countable and uncountable, plural prayers)

1. (uncountable) A practice of communicating with one's God.

2. (countable) An act of praying.
   • 2020 December, Dave Barry, "Year in review":

3. The specific words or methods used for praying.

4. A meeting held for the express purpose of praying.

5. (countable) A request; a petition.

6. (in the singular, mostly in negative constructions) The remotest hope or chance.

   That team doesn't have a prayer of winning the championship.

Synonyms

• orison, precation
• bead (archaic)

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

pray +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?e??(?)/
• (US) enPR: pr???r, IPA^(key): /?p?e???/

Noun

prayer (plural prayers)

1. One who prays.
   • 1974, Shel Silverstein, “Invitation”, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Harper Collins Publishers:

     If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar / A hope-er^[sic], a pray-er^[sic], a magic bean buyer…

   • 2012, Paul O'Connor, Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City

     Out of the 37 respondents, seven are infrequent prayers who prefer to leave the precise details of their prayer life ambiguous.

Translations

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