قبا
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Hijazi Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
قُبا • (guba) m
- a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- a neighborhood in Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Alternative form: (standard spelling) قباء (gubāʔ)
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reborrowed from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpʾh /kabāh/, “garment, cloak”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوا (kewa, “long garment open in front”) and Khotanese [script needed] (khapa, “dress”). Perhaps cognate with Latin cappa (“cape”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [qa.ˈβɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.bɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qä.bɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | qaḇā |
Dari reading? | qabā |
Iranian reading? | ğabâ |
Tajik reading? | qabo |
Noun[edit]
قبا • (qabâ)
Descendants[edit]
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- Persian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Arabic
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- fa:Clothing