کعبہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة‎ (kaʕba). First attested as Old Hindi काबा (kābā). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਅਬਾ (kāabā) / کَعبَہ‎ (kaʻbah), Sindhi ڪَعبو‎, Gujarati કાબા (kābā), Bengali কাবা (kaba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.bɑː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /kɑː.bɑː/

Proper noun

کَعْبَہ • (kābā) m (Hindi spelling काबा)

(Islam) Kaaba

Further reading

“کعبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کعبہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کعبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884), “کعبه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu کعبہ‎ (kaʿbā).

Noun

کعبہ (kaʿbā)

(Islam) Kaaba, House of Allah

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