Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ܩ ܒ ܠ (q b l)
6 terms

Verbal noun of ܡܩܲܒܸܠ (mqabbil, to accept, receive).

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  • (Standard) IPA(key): [qub.bɑːlɑː]

Noun

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ܩܘܼܒܵܠܵܐ (qubbālām sg (plural ܩܘܼܒܵܠܹ̈ܐ (qūbālē))

  1. acceptance, receiving, admission
  2. approval, tolerance
  3. (Christianity) banquet of the Word
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Etymology 2

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ܩܘܒܠܐ

Inherited from Aramaic קוּבְלָא (quḇlā) with the first sense of “compass” a phono-semantic matching of Persian قبله نما (qeble-namâ, literally shower of the direction towards the Kaaba).

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ܩܘܼܒ݂ܠܵܐ (quḇlām sg (plural ܩܘܼܒ݂ܠܹ̈ܐ (quḇlē))

  1. compass
    Synonym: ܚܡܵܛܵܐ ܕܡܲܠܵܚܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāṭā dmallāḥē)
  2. visage, countenance, appearance, face
    Synonyms: ܐܲܦܹ̈ܐ (appē), ܦܲܐܬ݂ܵܐ (paˀṯā), ܨܘܼܪܬܵܐ (ṣurtā)
  3. (obsolete) camomile
    Synonyms: ܒܵܒ݂ܘܿܢܵܐ (bāḇōnā), ܥܸܩܵܪ ܩܲܪܚܵܐ (ˁiqqār qarḥā), (colloquial) ܒܪܵܐ ܘܒܪܵܬܵܐ (brā w-brātā)
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