单词 | mandarah |
释义 | mandarahn. In the Middle East: a room for receiving visitors; (later also) a guest house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > reception room guest-hallc1325 public room1617 common chamber1653 salon1699 reception room1788 majlis1821 mandarah1836 guesten hall1864 guesten chamber1870 recep.1900 salone1902 reception1909 salotto1918 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. i. 11 In general, there is, on the ground-floor, an apartment called a mun′dar′ah, in which male visitors are received. 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. xii. 206 An open court, on the right side of which was the mandara or receiving-room for visitors. 1893 Star 4 Feb. 1/6 A Turkish mandarah or reception room. 1938 E. B. Smith Egyptian Archit. as Cultural Expression xi. 205 From this entrance an open passage led to the left and right,..the right corridor going down the length of the building to the mandara. This reception room, in its turn, gave access to a square living-room. 1958 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 17 125 The visitors are received in the mandara, a basement room opening on the court, or in a kiosk in the court, during summer. 1999 A. Soueif Map of Love (2000) 181 At its heart the spacious hall and the hospitable mandarah, the north wing with the two bedrooms and the guestroom,..the storerooms, bathroom and oven-room. 2002 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. (Travel section) 8 Here, you can either camp..or stay in a slightly comfier mandarah—a traditional domed Egyptian guesthouse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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