Misbah: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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مصباح
مِصْبَاح
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Misbah (مصباح, Arabic مِصْبَاح) means “a lamp”. It comes from the Arabic root ص ب ح. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ص ب ح.
- Meaning
- a lamp
- معنی
- چراغ
Where it comes from
Lane: miṣbāḥ, a lamp; it occurs in the Verse of Light (Quran 24:35).
- Say it
- mis-baahAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ص ب ح
- Other spellings
- Misbaah
- Themes
- Light