مقبرة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb قَبَرَ‎ (qabara, “to bury”), from the root ق ب ر‎ (q-b-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maq.ba.ra/, /maq.bu.ra/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /maɡbara/

Noun

مَقْبَرَة or مَقْبُرَة • (maqbara or maqbura) f, plural مَقْبَرَات‎ (maqbarāt) or مَقْبُرَات‎ (maqburāt) or مَقَابِر‎ (maqābir)

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground
    Synonyms: مَدْفِن‎ (madfin), مَقْبَر‎ (maqbar)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 102:1-2:
      ‏أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
      حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
      ‎‎
      ʔalhākumu t-takāṯuru
      ḥattā zurtumu al-maqābira
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਕਬਰਾ (makbarā)
    Shahmukhi script: مقبرة‎ (maqbara)
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