قابلة

Standard Arabic: IPA^(key): /qaː.bi.la/

Regional pronunciation:
Sense 1:

• Moroccan: IPA^(key):
• Tunisian: IPA^(key): /ˈqæːblæ/
• Libyan: IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːbla/
• Egyptian: IPA^(key): /ˈʔabla/
• Syrian: IPA^(key): /ˈʔaːble/
• Lebanese: IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːbla/
  

Senses 2,3,4:

• Moroccan: IPA^(key):
• Tunisian: IPA^(key): /ˈqæːblæ/
• Libyan: IPA^(key): /ˈqaːbla/

قَابِلَة • (qābila) f (plural قَوَابِل (qawābil), masculine قَابِل (qābil))

1. midwife, accoucheuse, obstetrician
   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, “لَكِ يَا مَنَازِلُ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مَنَازِلُ”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري المسمى بالتبيان في شرح الديوان, volume 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1978 CE, →OCLC, page 257:

     لَوْ طَابَ مَوْلِدُ كُلِّ حَيٍّ مِثِلَهُ / وَلَدَ النِّسَاءُ وَمَا لَهُنَّ قَوَابِلُ

     law ṭāba mawlidu kulli ḥayyin miṯilahu / walada n-nisāʔu wamā lahunna qawābilu

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2. (in the plural) beginnings

• Maltese: qabla
• → Pashto: قابله (qābela)
• → Persian: قابله (qâbele)
• Tajik: қобила (qobila)
• → Urdu: قابله (qābila)