قبا

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Verb

قَبَا (qabā) I (non-past يَقْبُو (yaqbū), verbal noun قَبْو (qabw)) (transitive)

  1. to vault, to arch (a building)
  2. to bend, to curve (an object)
  3. to gather (e.g. grains) in one's fingers
  4. to harvest

Conjugation

References

  • قبا” in Almaany
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُبَاء (qubāʔ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

قُبا (gubam

  1. a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
  2. a neighborhood in Medina, Saudi Arabia
    Alternative form: (standard spelling) قباء (gubāʔ)

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ), from Middle Persian (kpʾh /⁠kabāh⁠/, garment, cloak). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (to split, cut). Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوا (kewa, long garment open in front) and Khotanese (khapa, dress). Perhaps cognate with Latin cappa (cape).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qaḇā
Dari reading? qabā
Iranian reading? ğabâ
Tajik reading? qabo

Noun

قبا (qabâ)

  1. long garment, cloak, frock

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, blanket)
    • Turkish: gebe