حفل

مَحْفِلٌ محفل A place of collecting of water. (TA.) ― -b2- A place of assembling, or congregating, (T, S, Msb, K,) of a people; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ مُحْتَفَلٌ: (S, K:) or a place of assembling, or congregating, of many persons: (El-Ámidee, MF:) or a place in which is an assembly, or congregation: (El-Munáwee, TA:) and a sittingplace: (T, TA:) pl. مَحَافِلُ. (Msb.) ― -b3- [And The elevated platform for the مُبَلِّغُون in a mosque; also (in Egypt) called دَكَّةٌ, vulg. دِكَّة, it is surrounded by a low railing or parapet, and generally supported by small columns.]