قبلہ

See also: قبلة and قبله

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبله (qibla), from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).

Noun

قِبْلَہ • (qibla) m (Hindi spelling क़िबला)

1. anything opposite
2. (Islam) that part to which Muslims turn their faces when at prayer; the temple of the Kaʻba in Mecca; Mecca
3. an altar, a temple; an object of veneration or reverence; a father; a king, etc.; (by way of respectful address) Father! Worship! Sire!

Further reading

• “قبلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قبلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “قبله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.