منبر

Meaning

1. minbar, pulpit
2. platform

Concepts

dais

platform

pulpit

rostrum

minbar

estrade

Synonyms

منصة

منبر خطابة

Translations

estrade

estrado

tarima

Pronounced as (IPA)

/min.bar/

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).