قبر

See also: ق ب ر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ba.ra/
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡa.bar/

Verb

قَبَرَ • (qabara) I, non-past يَقْبِرُ‎ or يَقْبُرُ‎‎ (yaqbiru or yaqburu)

  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 • (qabr) m (plural قُبُور‎ (qubūr))

  1. verbal noun of قَبَرَ (qabara) (form I)
  2. tomb, grave, sepulcher
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: قبر‎ (gabir)
  • Hijazi Arabic: قبر‎ (gabur)
  • → Persian: قبر‎ (qabr)
  • → Swahili: kaburi

Etymology 3

قُبَّرَة

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

  • IPA(key): /qub.bar/
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /ɡub.bar/

Noun

قُبَّر • (qubbar) m (collective, singulative قُبَّرَة‎ f (qubbara))

  1. lark (bird)
Declension

References

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian قبر‎ (qabr), from Arabic قَبْر‎ (qabr).

Noun

قبر • (kabr, kabir) (plural قبور‎ (kubur), and قبرلر‎ (kabirler))

  1. tomb, grave, sepulcher

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَبْر‎ (qabr).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qabɾ/

Noun

Dari قبر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қабр (qabr)

قبر • (qabr) (plural قبرها‎ (qabr-hâ) or قبور‎ (qobur))

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic قَبْر‎ (qabr).

Noun

قبر • (qabr) f (Hindi spelling क़ब्र)

  1. grave, tomb
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