قبلة

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
19 terms

Compare قَبِلَ (qabila, to receive hospitably).

Noun

قُبْلَة (qublaf (plural قُبُلَات (qubulāt) or قُبْلَات (qublāt) or قُبَل (qubal))

  1. kiss
    Synonym: بَوْسَة (bawsa)
    قُبْلَةُ الْفَجْرِ تُضِئِينَ بِهَا حَيَاتِي كَشَمْسٍ تَشْرُقُ فِي أُوْلَى سَاعَاتِ الصَّبَاحِ
    qublatu al-fajri tuḍiʔīna bihā ḥayātī kašamsin tašruqu fī ʔuwlā sāʕāti ṣ-ṣabāḥi
    Your morning kiss lights up my life like a sun rising in the early hours of dawn.
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Etymology 2

Noun

قِبْلَة (qiblaf

  1. direction, trend, drift
    مَكَّةُ قِبْلَةُ الْحُجَّاجِ
    makkatu qiblatu l-ḥujjāji
    Mecca, direction of the pilgrims
  2. (definite اَلْقِبْلَة (al-qibla)) qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.
  3. (by extension) something or somewhere which people ought to seek
    Synonym: كَعْبَة (kaʕba)
    قِبْلَةُ الْأَحْرَارِqiblatu l-ʔaḥrārithe qibla of the free
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Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡib.la/, /ɡɪb.la/

Noun

قِبْلة (giblaf (construct state قِبْلَةْ (giblat), dual قِبْلَتين (giblatēn), plural قِبْلات (giblāt))

  1. qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.