کعبہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). First attested as Old Hindi काबा (kābā). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਅਬਾ (kāabā) / کَعبَہ (kaʻbah), Sindhi ڪَعبو, Gujarati કાબા (kābā), Bengali কাবা (kaba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.bɑː/

Proper noun

کَعْبَہ • (kābā) m (Hindi spelling काबा)

1. (Islam) Kaaba

Further reading

• “کعبہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کعبہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کعبہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کعبه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu کعبہ (kaʿbā).

Noun

کعبہ (kaʿbā)

1. (Islam) Kaaba, House of Allah