See also: قلت, قلي, قلن, and فلت

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Etymology 1

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From قَلَبَ (qalaba, to turn).

Root
ق ل ب (q l b)
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Alternatively, since Proto-Semitic *libb- is reconstructed to mean “heart”, the initial ق could be a phonological insertion to break a biconsonantal cluster and avoid *∅alb or *∅ulb, thus *lb → *∅albqalb. See also Arabic لُبّ (lubb), "core, heart, intellect", without q- as well.

Other Semitic branches break the *lb cluster by insertion of a vowel between the consonants, not before them, see Hebrew לב (lev), Classical Syriac ܠܒܐ (lebbā), Proto-Afroasiatic *lib-, Proto-Berber *ulβ (and Egyptian jb which lost the initial l-), none employ q- as part of the root.

Pronunciation

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  • (heart): IPA(key): /qalb/
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  • (to turn): IPA(key): /qa.la.ba/
  • (to flip): IPA(key): /qal.la.ba/
  • (skillful in turning): IPA(key): /qul.lab/

Noun

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قَلْب (qalbm (plural قُلُوب (qulūb))

  1. verbal noun of قَلَبَ (qalaba) (form I)
  2. heart (organ)
  3. heart (the symbolic seat of human emotion)
    إِنَّمَا يُمْكِنُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَرَى بِصُورَةٍ صَحِيحَةٍ مِنْ خِلَالِ قَلْبِهِ؛ فَالْأُمُورَ الْجَوْهَرِيَّةِ غَيْرُ مُرَئِيَّةٍ لِلْعَيْنِ.
    ʔinnamā yumkinu lilʔinsāni ʔan yarā biṣūratin ṣaḥīḥatin min ḵilāli qalbihi; fālʔumūra l-jawhariyyati ḡayru muraʔiyyatin lilʕayni.
    It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Declension
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Declension of noun قَلْب (qalb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَلْب
qalb
الْقَلْب
al-qalb
قَلْب
qalb
nominative قَلْبٌ
qalbun
الْقَلْبُ
al-qalbu
قَلْبُ
qalbu
accusative قَلْبًا
qalban
الْقَلْبَ
al-qalba
قَلْبَ
qalba
genitive قَلْبٍ
qalbin
الْقَلْبِ
al-qalbi
قَلْبِ
qalbi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal قَلْبَيْن
qalbayn
الْقَلْبَيْن
al-qalbayn
قَلْبَيْ
qalbay
nominative قَلْبَانِ
qalbāni
الْقَلْبَانِ
al-qalbāni
قَلْبَا
qalbā
accusative قَلْبَيْنِ
qalbayni
الْقَلْبَيْنِ
al-qalbayni
قَلْبَيْ
qalbay
genitive قَلْبَيْنِ
qalbayni
الْقَلْبَيْنِ
al-qalbayni
قَلْبَيْ
qalbay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قُلُوب
qulūb
الْقُلُوب
al-qulūb
قُلُوب
qulūb
nominative قُلُوبٌ
qulūbun
الْقُلُوبُ
al-qulūbu
قُلُوبُ
qulūbu
accusative قُلُوبًا
qulūban
الْقُلُوبَ
al-qulūba
قُلُوبَ
qulūba
genitive قُلُوبٍ
qulūbin
الْقُلُوبِ
al-qulūbi
قُلُوبِ
qulūbi
Descendants
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  • Egyptian Arabic: قلب (ʔalb)
  • Gulf Arabic: قلب (gaḷb)
  • Hijazi Arabic: قلب (galb)
  • Juba Arabic: gelba
  • Judeo-Arabic: קלב
  • Maltese: qalb
  • Moroccan Arabic: قلب (qalb)
  • Azerbaijani: qəlb
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلب (kalp)
  • Persian: قلب (qalb)
  • Uzbek: qalb

Noun

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قَلْب or قِلْب or قُلْب (qalb or qilb or qulbm

  1. pith, heart of palm
Declension
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Declension of noun قَلْب (qalb)‎; قِلْب (qilb)‎; قُلْب (qulb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قَلْب‎; قِلْب‎; قُلْب
qalb‎; qilb‎; qulb
الْقَلْب‎; الْقِلْب‎; الْقُلْب
al-qalb‎; al-qilb‎; al-qulb
قَلْب‎; قِلْب‎; قُلْب
qalb‎; qilb‎; qulb
nominative قَلْبٌ‎; قِلْبٌ‎; قُلْبٌ
qalbun‎; qilbun‎; qulbun
الْقَلْبُ‎; الْقِلْبُ‎; الْقُلْبُ
al-qalbu‎; al-qilbu‎; al-qulbu
قَلْبُ‎; قِلْبُ‎; قُلْبُ
qalbu‎; qilbu‎; qulbu
accusative قَلْبًا‎; قِلْبًا‎; قُلْبًا
qalban‎; qilban‎; qulban
الْقَلْبَ‎; الْقِلْبَ‎; الْقُلْبَ
al-qalba‎; al-qilba‎; al-qulba
قَلْبَ‎; قِلْبَ‎; قُلْبَ
qalba‎; qilba‎; qulba
genitive قَلْبٍ‎; قِلْبٍ‎; قُلْبٍ
qalbin‎; qilbin‎; qulbin
الْقَلْبِ‎; الْقِلْبِ‎; الْقُلْبِ
al-qalbi‎; al-qilbi‎; al-qulbi
قَلْبِ‎; قِلْبِ‎; قُلْبِ
qalbi‎; qilbi‎; qulbi

Verb

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قَلَبَ (qalaba) I (non-past يَقْلِبُ (yaqlibu), verbal noun قَلْب (qalb))

  1. to turn (clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. to change (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
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Verb

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قَلَّبَ (qallaba) II (non-past يُقَلِّبُ (yuqallibu), verbal noun تَقْلِيب (taqlīb))

  1. to turn, to flip, to roll over repeatedly
    قَلَّبَ صَفَحَاتِ الْكِتَابِqallaba ṣafaḥāti l-kitābiHe flipped through the book.
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Adjective

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قُلَّب (qullab)

  1. who is skillful in turning, versatile, adaptable, flexible
Declension
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Declension of adjective قُلَّب (qullab)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قُلَّب
qullab
الْقُلَّب
al-qullab
قُلَّبَة
qullaba
الْقُلَّبَة
al-qullaba
nominative قُلَّبٌ
qullabun
الْقُلَّبُ
al-qullabu
قُلَّبَةٌ
qullabatun
الْقُلَّبَةُ
al-qullabatu
accusative قُلَّبًا
qullaban
الْقُلَّبَ
al-qullaba
قُلَّبَةً
qullabatan
الْقُلَّبَةَ
al-qullabata
genitive قُلَّبٍ
qullabin
الْقُلَّبِ
al-qullabi
قُلَّبَةٍ
qullabatin
الْقُلَّبَةِ
al-qullabati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قُلَّبَيْن
qullabayn
الْقُلَّبَيْن
al-qullabayn
قُلَّبَتَيْن
qullabatayn
الْقُلَّبَتَيْن
al-qullabatayn
nominative قُلَّبَانِ
qullabāni
الْقُلَّبَانِ
al-qullabāni
قُلَّبَتَانِ
qullabatāni
الْقُلَّبَتَانِ
al-qullabatāni
accusative قُلَّبَيْنِ
qullabayni
الْقُلَّبَيْنِ
al-qullabayni
قُلَّبَتَيْنِ
qullabatayni
الْقُلَّبَتَيْنِ
al-qullabatayni
genitive قُلَّبَيْنِ
qullabayni
الْقُلَّبَيْنِ
al-qullabayni
قُلَّبَتَيْنِ
qullabatayni
الْقُلَّبَتَيْنِ
al-qullabatayni
plural masculine feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal ? ? قُلَّبَات
qullabāt
الْقُلَّبَات
al-qullabāt
nominative ? ? قُلَّبَاتٌ
qullabātun
الْقُلَّبَاتُ
al-qullabātu
accusative ? ? قُلَّبَاتٍ
qullabātin
الْقُلَّبَاتِ
al-qullabāti
genitive ? ? قُلَّبَاتٍ
qullabātin
الْقُلَّبَاتِ
al-qullabāti

Etymology 2

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While it could be thought as from the root ق ل ب (q l b) due to being “turned over” or “warped” around the arm, Classical Syriac ܩܘܠܒܐ (qulbā, bracelet) is attested early and suggested as a source for this Arabic word, and as Aramaic lacks this root, Akkadian 𒄑𒆪𒌌𒁍 (GIŠqu3-ul-pu /⁠qulpu⁠/, encasement, bark of wood) is suggested as its source. The later sense may also be reflected in a different homophonic Akkadian 𒆰𒁍 (qul-pu /⁠qulpu⁠/, a type of barley).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قُلْب (qulbm

  1. bracelet, bangle
    Synonym: سِوَار (siwār)
    • 7th century CE, Sunan Abī Dāwud, 35:55:
      وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا إِذَا قَدِمَ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَدِمَ مِنْ غَزَاةٍ لَهُ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَتْ مِسْحًا أَوْ سِتْرًا عَلَى بَابِهَا وَحَلَّتِ الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ قُلْبَيْنِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ فَقَدِمَ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَظَنَّتْ أَنَّ مَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَا رَأَى فَهَتَكَتِ السِّتْرَ وَفَكَّكَتِ الْقُلْبَيْنِ عَنِ الصَّبِيَّيْنِ وَقَطَعَتْهُ بَيْنَهُمَا
      wa-ʔawwalu man yadḵulu ʕalay-hā ʔiḏā qadima fāṭimata fa-qadima min ḡazātin la-hū wa-qad ʕallaqat misḥan ʔaw sitran ʕalā bābi-hā wa-ḥallati l-ḥasana wa-l-ḥusayna qulbayni min fiḍḍatin fa-qadima fa-lam yadḵul fa-ẓannat ʔanna mā manaʕa-hū ʔan yadḵula mā raʔā fa-hatakati s-sitra wa-fakkakati l-qulbayni ʕani ṣ-ṣabiyyayni wa-qaṭaʕat-hū bayna-humā
      The first he visited on his return was Fāṭima, and he retourned from a raid and she had hung up a gunny or some drapery at her door, and bedecked al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn by using silver bracelets. So, when he arrived, he entered not. And she believed he was barred from entering by what he had seen, so she tore down the drapery, unfastened the bracelets from the boys and cut them off.
  2. gromwell (Lithospermum officinale, as also Lithospermum arvense syn. Buglossoides arvensis; and Phalaris aquatica or Phalaris canariensis)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 824 (fol. 70r,12–14), page 962:
      قلب، قال ابن ماسويه: هو بزر هندي يشبه بزر الكتّان إلّا أنّه أكبر منه يعلوه غبرة، وقال ثابت: هو ماش هندي من الحاوي.
      Gromwell. Ibn Māsawayh said: It is an Indian seed resembling linseed, but larger. It has greyness upon it. And Ṯābit said: It is the Indian mung bean — from (ar-Rāzī’s) Ḥāwī.
    • a. 1248, ابن البيطار [Ibn al-Bayṭār], الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum]:
      قلب: أوله قاف مضمومة بعدها لام ساكنة ثم باء واحدة. سليمان بن حسان: إنما سمي هذا النبات بهذا الإسم وهو من أسماء الفضة لأن له بزراً صلباً شبيهاً بالفضة في بياضها وصلابتها وينبت في بلاد الأندلس كثيراً وهو معروف بها ولم أره بموضع من المواضع التي سلكتها من بلاد الشام ورأيته بديار بكر بظاهر مدينة آمد قبالة برج الزاوية المعروف ببرج الصالح عند الطاحون التي هناك في فصل الخريف ولا يتوهم أنه حب القُلْب الذي ذكرته في الحاء المهملة بل هو غيره، ويسمى هذا النبت بعجمية الأندلس سحس إقراعيه ومعناه كاسر الحجر وباليونانية لبيس قزمن ومعناه البزر الحجري. ديسقوريدوس في الثالثة: هو نبات له ورق شبيه بورق الزيتون إلا أنه أطول منه وألين وأعرض وما كان منه مما يلي الأرض فإنه مفترش عليها وله أغصان قائمة دقاق في رقة عيدان الأذخر صلبة وعلى أطراف الأغصان شيء كأنه ساق ينقسم نصفين وفيه ورق صغار وعند الورق بزر صلب كأنه الحجر مستدير أبيض في عظم الكرسنة الصغيرة وينبت في أماكن خشنة ومواضع غالية وقوة البزر إذا شرب بشراب أبيض أنه يفتت الحصاة ويدر البول. الغافقي: وقد يدر الطمث ويذهب الربو والفواق وهو جيد لإستطلاق البطن والبواسير مجفف للمني والشربة منه وزن درهمين.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      (Can we find and add a quotation of كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب to this entry?)
Declension
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Declension of noun قُلْب (qulb)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قُلْب
qulb
الْقُلْب
al-qulb
قُلْب
qulb
nominative قُلْبٌ
qulbun
الْقُلْبُ
al-qulbu
قُلْبُ
qulbu
accusative قُلْبًا
qulban
الْقُلْبَ
al-qulba
قُلْبَ
qulba
genitive قُلْبٍ
qulbin
الْقُلْبِ
al-qulbi
قُلْبِ
qulbi
Descendants
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References
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  • qwlbˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico (1999) “Los sirismos del árabe andalusí”, in Estudios de dialectología norteafricana y andalusí[1] (in Spanish), volume 4, page 60
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1052
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قلب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 390b
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 56

Chadian Arabic

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قلب

Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Noun

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قلب (galibm (plural قلوب (gulūb))

  1. heart (organ)
  2. heart (the symbolic seat of human emotion)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَلَبَ (qalaba).

Verb

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قلب (galab) I (non-past يقلب (yaglib))

  1. (transitive) to turn over

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from French galoper.

Verb

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قلب (gallab) II (non-past يقلب (yigallib))

  1. (intransitive) to gallop

References

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  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[3] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 50
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, pages 480, 482, 483

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قلب (ʔalbm (plural قلوب (ʔulūb))

  1. heart

Gujarati

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Noun

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قَلْب (qalbm (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  1. Arabic spelling of કલ્બ (kalb)

Gulf Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قلب (gaḷbm (plural قلوب (gḷūb))

  1. heart

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَلَبَ (qalaba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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قِلَب (giḷab)

  1. to turn, to flip
Derived terms
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Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قَلْب (galbm (plural قلوب (gulūb))

  1. heart
  2. core
    Synonym: لُبّ (lubb)
  3. flip, overturn, inverting
  4. (idiomatic) courage
    Synonym: شَجاعة (šajāʕa)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَلَبَ (qalaba).

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Verb

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قَلَب (galab) I (non-past يِقْلِب (yiglib))

  1. to turn, to flip
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Conjugation of قلب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قلبت (galabt) قلبت (galabt) قلب (galab) قلبنا (galabna) قلبتوا (galabtu) قلبوا (galabu)
f قلبتي (galabti) قلبت (galabat)
non-past m أقلب (ʔaglib) تقلب (tiglib) يقلب (yiglib) نقلب (niglib) تقلبوا (tiglibu) يقلبوا (yiglibu)
f تقلبي (tiglibi) تقلب (tiglib)
imperative m اقلب (aglib) اقلبوا (aglibu)
f اقلبي (aglibi)

Etymology 3

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From Arabic قَلَّبَ (qallaba).

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Verb

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قَلَّب (gallab) II (non-past يقلب (yigallib))

  1. to mix, to stir, to turn, to flip
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قلب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قلبت (gallabt) قلبت (gallabt) قلب (gallab) قلبنا (gallabna) قلبتوا (gallabtu) قلبوا (gallabu)
f قلبتي (gallabti) قلبت (gallabat)
non-past m أقلب (ʔagallib) تقلب (tigallib) يقلب (yigallib) نقلب (nigallib) تقلبوا (tigallibu) يقلبوا (yigallibu)
f تقلبي (tigallibi) تقلب (tigallib)
imperative m قلب (gallib) قلبوا (gallibu)
f قلبي (gallibi)

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قلب (qalbm (plural قلوب (qlūb) or قلوبة (qlūba))

  1. heart
  2. core

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَلَبَ (qalaba).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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قلب (qlab) I (non-past يقلب (yiqlab))

  1. to turn, to flip
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Etymology 3

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From Arabic قَلَّبَ (qallaba).

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Verb

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قلب (qallab) II (non-past يقلب (yqallab))

  1. to search
    Synonyms: حوس (ḥawwas), فتش (fattaš)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قلب
singular plural
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past m قلّبت (qallabt) قلّبتي (qallabti) قلّب (qallab) قلّبنا (qallabna) قلّبتوا (qallabtu) قلّبوا (qallbu)
f قلّبت (qallbāt)
non-past m نقلّب (nqallab) تقلّب (tqallab) يقلّب (yqallab) نقلّبوا (nqallbu) تقلّبوا (tqallbu) يقلّبوا (yqallbu)
f تقلّبي (tqallbi) تقلّب (tqallab)
imperative m قلّب (qallab) قلّبوا (qallbu)
f قلّبي (qallbi)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Noun

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قلب (kalb)

  1. heart

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Readings
Classical reading? qalb
Dari reading? qalb
Iranian reading? ğalb
Tajik reading? qalb

Noun

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Dari قلب
Iranian Persian
Tajik қалб

قَلْب (qalb) (plural قلوب)

  1. (anatomy) heart
    Synonym: دِل (del)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic قَلَبَ (qalaba).

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Verb

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قلب (ʔalab) I (present بقلب (biʔlib), passive participle مقلوب (maʔlūb))

  1. to flip, to turn over
Conjugation
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Conjugation of قلب
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قلبت (ʔalabt) قلبت (ʔalabt) قلب (ʔalab) قلبنا (ʔalabna) قلبتو (ʔalabtu) قلبو (ʔalabu)
f قلبتي (ʔalabti) قلبت (ʔalbat)
present m بقلب (baʔlib) بتقلب (btiʔlib) بقلب (biʔlib) منقلب (mniʔlib) بتقلبو (btiʔlibu) بقلبو (biʔlibu)
f بتقلبي (btiʔlibi) بتقلب (btiʔlib)
subjunctive m أقلب (ʔaʔlib) تقلب (tiʔlib) يقلب (yiʔlib) نقلب (niʔlib) تقلبو (tiʔlibu) يقلبو (yiʔlibu)
f تقلبي (tiʔlibi) تقلب (tiʔlib)
imperative m اقلب (iʔlib) اقلبو (iʔlibu)
f اقلبي (iʔlibi)

Etymology 2

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From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قلب (ʔalbm (plural قلوب (ʔlūb))

  1. heart
  2. inside

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قَلْب (qalb), from Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

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Noun

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قَلْب (qalbm (Hindi spelling क़ल्ब)

  1. heart (the seat of emotions)

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