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
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Declension

Descendants

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