Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ق ب ر (q-b-r)

Noun of place from the verb قَبَرَ (qabara, to bury).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maq.ba.ra/, /maq.bu.ra/

Noun edit

مَقْبَرَة or مَقْبُرَة (maqbara or maqburaf (plural مَقْبَرَات (maqbarāt) or مَقْبُرَات (maqburāt) or مَقَابِر (maqābir))

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground
    Synonyms: مَدْفِن (madfin), مَقْبَر (maqbar)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 102:1-2:
      أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
      حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
      ʔalhākumu t-takāṯuru
      ḥattā zurtumu al-maqābira
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: almocávar
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਕਬਰਾ (makbarā)
    Shahmukhi script: مقبرة (maqbara)

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ب ر
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مقبرة (magbaraf (plural مَقَابِر (magābir) or مَقْبرات (magbarāt))

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground