قبلہ
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قبله (qibla), from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).
Noun
قِبْلَہ • (qibla) m (Hindi spelling क़िबला)
- anything opposite
- (Islam) that part to which Muslims turn their faces when at prayer; the temple of the Kaʻba in Mecca; Mecca
- an altar, a temple; an object of veneration or reverence; a father; a king, etc.; (by way of respectful address) Father! Worship! Sire!
Further reading
- “قبلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “قبلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “قبله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.