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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