القبلتان

Arabic

Etymology

From the dual of قِبْلَة (qibla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.qib.la.taː.ni/

Proper noun

الْقِبْلَتَانِ • (al-qiblatāni) f du

1. (Islam) the Two Qiblas (Mecca and Jerusalem)

   مَسْجِد الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ ― masjid al-qiblatayni ― the Mosque of the Two Qiblas

Declension

Declension of noun الْقِبْلَتَان (al-qiblatān)

Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْن al-qiblatayn	—
Nominative	—	الْقِبْلَتَانِ al-qiblatāni	—
Accusative	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ al-qiblatayni	—
Genitive	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ al-qiblatayni	—

Descendants

(via oblique form القِبْلَتَيْنِ (al-qiblatayni)):

• → Azerbaijani: Qibləteyn
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبلتین
  • Turkish: Kıbleteyn
• → Persian: قبلتین (qeblateyn)
  • → Hindustani:

    Urdu: قبلتین (qiblatain)

• → Uzbek: Qiblatayn

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “القبلتان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen, page 818