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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imambara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
imam-bara
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In South Asia, a congregation hall for Shiites to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram; a husayniyya.

Etymology

From Urdu اِمام باڑا (imām bāṛā) or اِمام باڑَہ (imām bāṛa).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: اِمام باڑا

Inflected Forms

imambaras (plural) imambarah (alternative) imambargah (alternative)

Questions

What does imambara mean?
In South Asia, a congregation hall for Shiites to mourn the death of Husayn ibn Ali in the month of Muharram; a husayniyya.
Where does imambara come from?
From Urdu اِمام باڑا (imām bāṛā) or اِمام باڑَہ (imām bāṛa).

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