الكعبة

Arabic

اَلْكَعْبَة

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.kaʕ.ba/

Proper noun

الْكَعْبَة • (al-kaʕba) f

1. the Kaaba

   Synonym: الْكَعْبَة الْمُشَرَّفَة (al-kaʕba l-mušarrafa)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:97:

     جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكَعْبَةَ ٱلْبَيْتَ ٱلْحَرَامَ قِيَامًا لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّهْرَ ٱلْحَرَامَ وَٱلْهَدْيَ وَٱلْقَلَائِدَ

     jaʕala llāhu l-kaʕbata l-bayta l-ḥarāma qiyāman li-n-nāsi waš-šahra l-ḥarāma wal-hadya wal-qalāʔida

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Declension

Declension of noun الْكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْكَعْبَة al-kaʕba	—
Nominative	—	الْكَعْبَةُ al-kaʕbatu	—
Accusative	—	الْكَعْبَةَ al-kaʕbata	—
Genitive	—	الْكَعْبَةِ al-kaʕbati	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Kəbə
• → Chagatai: کعبه
  • Uyghur: كەئبە (ke'be)
  • Uzbek: Kaʼba
• → Persian: کعبه (ka'be)
• → Urdu: کعبہ