قبر

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r). Compare Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, to bury).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَبَرَ (qabara) I (non-past يَقْبِرُ (yaqbiru) or يَقْبُرُ (yaqburu), verbal noun قَبْر (qabr) or مَقْبَر (maqbar))

  1. to bury, to entomb
  2. to keep confined, to lock up (someone)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

قَبْر

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r), from Proto-Semitic *qabr-. Compare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, grave), Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ), Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer), Phoenician 𐤒𐤁𐤓 (qbr) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎁𐎗 (qbr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَبْر (qabrm (plural قُبُور (qubūr))

  1. verbal noun of قَبَرَ (qabara) (form I)
  2. tomb, grave, sepulcher
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 3

قُبَّرَة
 قبر on Arabic Wikipedia

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r), diggers; larks are small ground-dwelling songbirds that typically feed by digging up grub.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

قُبَّر (qubbarm (collective, singulative قُبَّرَة f (qubbara))

  1. lark (bird)
Declension

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَبَر (gabar) I (non-past يِقْبُر (yigbur))

  1. to bury, to entomb
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قبر (gabar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قبرت (gabart) قبرت (gabart) قبر (gabar) قبرنا (gabarna) قبرتوا (gabartu) قبروا (gabaru)
f قبرتي (gabarti) قبرت (gabarat)
non-past m أقبر (ʔagbur) تقبر (tigbur) يقبر (yigbur) نقبر (nigbur) تقبروا (tigburu) يقبروا (yigburu)
f تقبري (tigburi) تقبر (tigbur)
imperative m اقبر (agbur) اقبروا (agburu)
f اقبري (agburi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَبُر (gaburm (construct state قَبْر (gabr), plural قُبُور (gubūr))

  1. tomb, grave, sepulcher

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian قبر (qabr, grave, tomb), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr, grave, tomb).

Noun

قبر (kabr or kabir) (definite accusative قبری (kabiri), plural قبور (kubur) or قبرلر (kabirler))

  1. tomb, grave, sepulcher, a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited
    Synonyms: سین (sin), مزار (mezar)
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّر (qubbar, lark).

Noun

قبر (kuber or kubber) (singulative قبره (kubere, kubbere))

  1. lark, any of several perching birds of the family Alaudidae
    Synonyms: تارلا قوشی (tarla kuşu), چایر قوشی (çayır kuşu), طویغار (toygar)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qaḇr
Dari reading? qabr
Iranian reading? ğabr
Tajik reading? qabr

Noun

Dari قبر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қабр

قَبْر (qabr) (plural قبرها (qabr-hâ) or قُبور (qobur))

  1. grave, tomb
    Synonyms: گور (gur), آرامْگاه (ârâmgâh)

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبر (qaḇr), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَبْر (qabrf (Hindi spelling क़ब्र)

  1. grave, tomb