قبا

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُبَاء (qubāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ba/, [ɡʊ.ba]

Proper noun

قُبا • (guba) m

1. a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
2. a neighborhood in Medina, Saudi Arabia

   Alternative form: (standard spelling) قباء (gubāʔ)

Persian

Etymology

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

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈβɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.bɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	qaḇā
Dari reading?	qabā
Iranian reading?	ğabâ
Tajik reading?	qabo

Noun

قبا • (qabâ)

1. long garment, cloak, frock

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
  • Turkish: kebe
  • → Bulgarian: ке́бе (kébe)
  • → Macedonian: ќебе (ḱebe)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ће̏бе / ćȅbe