ܩܘܒܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Uncertain whether an ideophonic word from a root ܩ-ܒ-ܒ (q-b-b) – compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “well; cistern”), ܓܝܒܐ (gaybā, gayḇā, “vault; shrine”) – or an Iranian borrowing, compare Persian کپه (koppe, “pile, stack; dome-shaped object”), Central Kurdish کۆپ (kop, “crest, peak, summit”) and گەبە (gebe, “mumps”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [qub(bə)θɑ]

Noun

ܩܘܒܬܐ • (qubbəṯā) f (plural ܐܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܐ (qubbē))

1. vault; dome, cupola
2. domed palace
3. apex, top, crown, centre
4. canopy, tent, tabernacle, pavilion
5. umbrella
6. seat, see

Inflection

Inflection of ܩܘܒܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܩܘܒܐ		1st person	ܩܘܒܬܝ		ܩܘܒܬܢ
	construct	ܩܘܒܬ		2nd person	ܩܘܒܬܟ	ܩܘܒܬܟܝ	ܩܘܒܬܟܘܢ	ܩܘܒܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܩܘܒܬܐ		3rd person	ܩܘܒܬܗ	ܩܘܒܬܗ	ܩܘܒܬܗܘܢ	ܩܘܒܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܐܩܘܒܝܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܢ		1st person	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܝ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܝ ,ܩܘܒܝ		ܐܩܘܒܝܬܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܢ
	construct	ܐܩܘܒܝܬ ,ܩܘܒܝܬ ,ܩܘܒܝ		2nd person	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܟ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܟ ,ܩܘܒܝܟ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܟܝ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܟܝ ,ܩܘܒܝܟܝ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܟܘܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܟܘܢ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܟܝܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܐ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܐ ,ܩܘܒܐ		3rd person	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܗ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܗ ,ܩܘܒܘܗܝ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܗ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܗ ,ܩܘܒܝܗ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܗܘܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܗܘܢ	ܐܩܘܒܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܬܗܝܢ ,ܩܘܒܝܗܝܢ

Descendants

• → Arabic: قُبَّة (qubba)
  • → Azerbaijani: qübbə
  • → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲡⲓⲧⲱ (kepitō)
  • → Indonesian: kubah
  • → Italian: alcova
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قبة (ḳubbe)

    > Turkish: kubbe (inherited)

  • → Persian: قبه (qobbe)
  • → Portuguese: alcova, Alcobaça
  • → Spanish: alcoba
    • → French: alcôve
      • → English: alcove
    • → Sicilian: arcova
  • → Sicilian: cubba, Cubba
  • → Swahili: kuba
  • → Turkmen: gupba
  • → Uyghur: قۇببە (qubbe)
  • → Uzbek: qubba
  • → Zazaki: qubbe
• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (gwmbt' /⁠gumbad⁠/, “dome; fire-temple”)
  • Persian: گنبد (gonbad), گنبذ (gombaz) (archaic), گمبد (gombad)
    • → Arabic: جُنْبَد (jumbad), جُنْبَذ (jumbaḏ), جُنْبُذ m (jumbuḏ)
    • → Assamese: গম্বুজ (gombuz), গুম্বজ (gumboz)
    • → Azerbaijani: günbəz / گنبذ
    • → Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbəź)
    • → Bengali: গম্বুজ (gombuj), গুম্বজ (gumboj)
    • → Gojri: گُمَٹ (gumaṭ)
    • → Gujarati: ગુંબજ (gumbaj), ઘુંમટ (ghummaṭ), ઘૂમટ (ghūmaṭ)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: गुंबज़ (gumbaz)

      Urdu: گُنْبَد (gumbad), گُنْبَذ (gumbaz)

    • → Kannada: ಗುಮ್ಮಟ (gummaṭa)
    • → Kazakh: күмбез (kümbez)
    • → Konkani: ghumaṭ

      Devanagari script: घुमट

      Kannada script: ಘುಮಟ್

      Latin script: ghumott

    • → Kyrgyz: күмбөз (kümböz)
    • → Malvi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
    • → Mandarin: 拱北 (Gǒngběi)
    • → Marathi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
    • → Marwari:

      Devanagari script: गुंबज (gumbaj), घुमट (ghumaṭ)

      Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅒𑅧𑅪𑅛 (gunbj), 𑅘𑅒𑅬𑅞 (ghumṭ)

    • → Nepali: गुमज (gumaj)
    • → Nogai: куьмбез (kümbez)
    • → Odia: ଗୁମୁଟ (gumuṭa)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: كنبد (kümbed)
      • Turkish: kümbet
      • → Armenian: քիւմպէթ (kʻiwmpētʻ)
    • → Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੰਬਦ (gumbad)

      Shahmukhi script: گُنبَد (gunbad)

    • → Saraiki: گُمُّذ (gummuẕ), گُمّبذ (gummbẕ)
    • → Sindhi:

      Arabic script: گُنبَذُ

      Devanagari script: गुंबजु

      Khudabadi script: 𑊼𑋣𑋟𑋔𑋂𑋩𑋣 (gumbazu)

    • → Tamil: கும்மட்டம் (kummaṭṭam)
    • → Telugu: గుమ్మటము (gummaṭamu)
    • → Turkmen: gümmez
    • → Chagatai:
      • Uyghur: گۇمبەز (gumbez)
      • Uzbek: gumbaz
    , گنبذ (gonbaz)
    • Tajik: гунбаз (gunbaz)

References

• “qwbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
• Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 640a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 306a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 491b
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3466
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1324a