منبر

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Arabic

مِنْبَر
Root
ن ب ر (n b r)
3 terms

Etymology

By form a tool noun from نَبَرَ (nabara, to raise the voice, to shout); however this derivation is too large a leap, thus it is borrowed from Ge'ez መንበር (mänbär, seat), regularly formed from ነበረ (näbärä, to sit) as Arabic مَجْلِس (majlis) from جَلَسَ (jalasa).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِنْبَر (minbarm (plural مَنَابِر (manābir))

  1. minbar, pulpit
  2. platform

Declension

Descendants

References

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