محراب

měḥrāb (n. of place fr. حرب ; see ḥarb), s.f. The uppermost or chief sitting-place (in a room), the place where kings and chiefs and great men sit; a high place; a king's closet or private chamber;—the station of the Imām in a mosque, the principal place in a mosque where the priest prays before the people with his face turned towards Mecca; the niche (which shows the direction of the qibla) of a mosque;—a niche; a shelf; an arch:—měḥrāb-ě-teg̠, s.f. The curve or arch of a scimitar:—měḥrāb-dār, adj. Having a měḥrāb; arched; bowed, bow (as a window, or a drill, etc.):—kaṭwāṅměḥrāb, s.f. A crenated arch:—wasat̤-ě-měḥrāb, s.f. The span of an arch.