# imambara

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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