qalb

Maltese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔalp/

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

Noun

qalb f (plural qlub)

  1. (also anatomy) heart
    Synonym: qalba
Inflection
    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms		 singular plural
m f
1st person qalbi qalbna
2nd person qalbek qalbkom
3rd person qalbu qalbha qalbhom
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَلْبَ (qalba).

Preposition

qalb

  1. amongst

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb).

Noun

qalb (plural qalblar)

  1. heart
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