mabkhara

Meaning

Noun

A traditional censer in the Arab world and Turkey, usually having a square pedestal base or legs with inward-sloping sides which support a square cup with outward-sloping sides.

Origin

From Arabic مِبْخَرَة (dialects tend to pronounce the prefix ma-).

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