کعبہ
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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). First attested as Old Hindi काबा (kābā). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਅਬਾ (kāabā) / کَعبَہ (kaʻbah), Sindhi ڪَعبو, Gujarati કાબા (kābā), Bengali কাবা (kaba).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kɑː.bɑː/
Proper noun
کَعْبَہ • (kābā) m (Hindi spelling काबा)
Further reading
- “کعبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “کعبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کعبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کعبه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Ushojo
Etymology
Noun
کعبہ (kaʿbā)