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Buraq Wall

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Etymology

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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

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the Buraq Wall

  1. (Islam) The Western Wall.
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