Dikka

Dikka (from Arabic: دكة‎ dikka) is a term in Islamic architecture for a tribune raised upon columns from which the Quran is recited and prayers are intoned by the imam of a mosque.[1]

For the nut-bearing tree, see Irvingia gabonensis.

References

1.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dikka". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 270.