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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (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 edit

Proper noun edit

کَعْبَہ (kābām (Hindi spelling काबा)

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Further reading edit

  • کعبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • کعبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu کعبہ (kaʿbā).

Noun edit

کعبہ (kaʿbā)

  1. (Islam) Kaaba, House of Allah