مِحْرَاب

miHoraAbN mHrAb : see HarobN , in two places. -A2- Also The upper end of a sitting-room, (Msb, and so accord. to an explanation of the pl. maHaAriybu , in the S, on the authority of Fr,) or of a house, or tent, or chamber; (K;) the chief, or most honourable, sitting-place; (AO, L, Msb, K; *) whence, in a trad., kaAna yakorahu AlmaHaAriyba [ he used to dislike the uppermost, or chief, sitting-places in rooms ]: (L:) the place where kings and chiefs and great men sit: (Msb:) a high place: (As, Hr, TA:) a [ chamber of the kind called ] gurofap : (S, Msb, K:) the highest chamber in a house: a chamber to which one ascends by stairs: (Zj, TA:) a king's closet, or private chamber, into which he retires alone, out of the way of the people: (K:) a [ pavilion, or building of the kind called ] qaSor : (As, TA:) the station of the Imám in a mosque: (K:) the miHoraAb [or niche which shows the direction of the kibleh] of a mosque; from the same word as signifying the “ upper end of a sittingroom; ” (Fr, S, Msb;) or, as some say, because the person praying wars with the devil and with himself by causing the attention of his heart: (Msb:) the highest place in a mosque: (Zj, TA:) the kibleh: (L, TA:) a mosque, or place of worship; so in the Kur xix. 12: (S, L:) a place of assembly. (As, TA.) maHaAriybu baniY A_isoraAy^iyla means The places of worship of the Children of Israel, (T, K,) in which they used to assemble for prayer, (T, TA,) or in which they used to sit; (K;) as though they sat therein to consult respecting war. (TA.) [See also ma*obaHN .] ― -b2- I. q. A^ajamapN , (K,) meaning The haunt of a lion. (TA.) ― -b3- The neck of a beast. (Lth, K, TA.)