क़बीला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبیله (qabīla), from Arabic قَبِيلَة (qabīla). Compare Punjabi ਕਬੀਲਾ (kabīlā) / قَبیلہ (qabelh), Gujarati કબીલો (kabīlo).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qə.biː.lɑː/, [qɐ.biː.läː], /kə.biː.lɑː/, [kɐ.biː.läː]

Noun

क़बीला • (qabīlā) m (Urdu spelling قبیلہ)

1. tribe, clan

   Synonym: जाति (jāti)

2. family

   Synonym: परिवार (parivār)

Declension

Declension of क़बीला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़बीला qabīlā	क़बीले qabīle
oblique	क़बीले qabīle	क़बीलों qabīlõ
vocative	क़बीले qabīle	क़बीलो qabīlo

Related terms

• क़बायली (qabāylī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़बीला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press