muqarnas
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muqarnas
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From Arabic مُقَرْنَص (muqarnaṣ) (passive participle of قَرْنِيص (qarnīṣ), from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “curved”)), or Persian مقرنس (moqarnas).
noun muqarnases · muqarnas
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A type of corbel used for decoration in Islamic and Persian architecture.
Similar: honeycomb, honeycomb work
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noun type of corbel
| العربية | مُقَرْنَص muqarnaṣ |
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@misc{muqarnas_2026,
title = {muqarnas},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muqarnas},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
