Kaaba
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The Kaaba
See also: kʼaabaʼ
English
Alternative forms
- Ka'ba, Kaʻba (stricter transliterations)
- Ka'aba (nonstandard, proscribed)
- Caaba, Cahaba, Qabah (all archaic)
Etymology
From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Kaaba
- The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly
Hypernyms
- Masjid al-Haram (mosque including the Kaaba)
Translations
cubical stone temple in Mecca
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Further reading
Anagrams
Estonian
Proper noun
Kaaba
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kaaba
Declension
| Inflection of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Kaaba | — | ||
| genitive | Kaaban | — | ||
| partitive | Kaabaa | — | ||
| illative | Kaabaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Kaaba | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Kaaba | — | |
| gen. | Kaaban | |||
| genitive | Kaaban | — | ||
| partitive | Kaabaa | — | ||
| inessive | Kaabassa | — | ||
| elative | Kaabasta | — | ||
| illative | Kaabaan | — | ||
| adessive | Kaaballa | — | ||
| ablative | Kaabalta | — | ||
| allative | Kaaballe | — | ||
| essive | Kaabana | — | ||
| translative | Kaabaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Kaabatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba).
Pronunciation
Noun
Kaaba f (genitive Kaaba, no plural)
- Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)
Declension
Declension of Kaaba
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Kaaba f
- Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kaaba f
- Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkaba/,
- Rhymes: -aba
- Syllabification: Kaa‧ba
Proper noun
Kaaba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ) (Islam)
See also
Further reading
- “Kaaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018