imambara

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

imambara (plural imambaras)

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