Buraq Wall

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Arabic حَائِطُ ٱلْبُرَاق‎ (ḥāʔiṭu l-burāq), because it is, according to Muslim tradition, the location where the prophet Mohammed tethered the legendary creature Buraq, البُرَاق‎ (al-burāq).

Proper noun

the Buraq Wall

  1. (Islam) The Western Wall.
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