قبر

See also: ق ب ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r). Compare Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, to bury).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ba.ra/

Verb

قَبَرَ • (qabara) I, non-past يَقْبِرُ or يَقْبُرُ‎ (yaqbiru or yaqburu)

  1. to bury, to entomb
  2. to keep confined, to lock up (someone)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

قَبْر

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r), from Proto-Semitic *qabr-. Compare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, grave), Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ), Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer), Phoenician 𐤒𐤁𐤓 (qbr) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎁𐎗 (qbr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qabr/
    • (Kuwaiti) IPA(key): /ɡa.bir/

Noun

قَبْر • (qabr) m (plural قُبُور (qubūr))

  1. verbal noun of قَبَرَ (qabara) (form I)
  2. tomb, grave, sepulcher
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: qabar
  • Gulf Arabic: قبر (gabir)
  • Hijazi Arabic: قبر (gabur)
  • Persian: قَبْر (qabr)
  • Swahili: kaburi
  • Uyghur: قەبرە (qebre)
  • Uzbek: qabr

Etymology 3

قُبَّرَة

From the root ق ب ر (q-b-r), diggers; larks are small ground-dwelling songbirds that typically feed by digging up grub.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qub.bar/

Noun

قُبَّر • (qubbar) m (collective, singulative قُبَّرَة f (qubbara))

  1. lark (bird)
Declension

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ر
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.bar/

Verb

قَبَر • (gabar) I (non-past يِقْبُر (yigbur))

  1. to bury, to entomb
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قبر (gabar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قبرت (gabart) قبرت (gabart) قبر (gabar) قبرنا (gabarna) قبرتوا (gabartu) قبروا (gabaru)
f قبرتي (gabarti) قبرت (gabarat)
non-past m أقبر (ʔagbur) تقبر (tigbur) يقبر (yigbur) نقبر (nigbur) تقبروا (tigburu) يقبروا (yigburu)
f تقبري (tigburi) تقبر (tigbur)
imperative m اقبر (agbur) اقبروا (agburu)
f اقبري (agburi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.bur/, [ɡa.bʊr]

Noun

قَبُر • (gabur) m (construct state قَبْر (gabr), plural قُبُور (gubūr))

  1. tomb, grave, sepulcher

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian قبر (qabr), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Noun

قبر • (kabr, kabir) (plural قبور (kubur), and قبرلر (kabirler))

  1. tomb, grave, sepulcher

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qaḇr
Dari reading? qabr
Iranian reading? ğabr
Tajik reading? qabr

Noun

Dari قبر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қабр

قَبْر • (qabr) (plural قبرها (qabr-hâ) or قُبور (qobur))

  1. grave, tomb
    Synonyms: گور (gur), آرامْگاه (ârâmgâh)

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبر (qaḇr), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَبْر • (qabr) f (Hindi spelling क़ब्र)

  1. grave, tomb
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