قبر

See also: ق ب ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ر (q b r)
3 terms

Compare Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.ba.ra/

Verb

قَبَرَ • (qabara) I (non-past يَقْبِرُ (yaqbiru) or يَقْبُرُ (yaqburu), verbal noun قَبْر (qabr) or مَقْبَر (maqbar))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of قَبَرَ (I, sound, a ~ i/u, full passive, verbal nouns قَبْر, مَقْبَر)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						قَبْر, مَقْبَر qabr, maqbar
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						قَابِر qābir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَقْبُور maqbūr
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قَبَرْتُ qabartu	قَبَرْتَ qabarta	قَبَرَ qabara		قَبَرْتُمَا qabartumā	قَبَرَا qabarā		قَبَرْنَا qabarnā	قَبَرْتُمْ qabartum	قَبَرُوا qabarū
	f		قَبَرْتِ qabarti	قَبَرَتْ qabarat			قَبَرَتَا qabaratā			قَبَرْتُنَّ qabartunna	قَبَرْنَ qabarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَقْبِرُ, أَقْبُرُ ʔaqbiru, ʔaqburu	تَقْبِرُ, تَقْبُرُ taqbiru, taqburu	يَقْبِرُ, يَقْبُرُ yaqbiru, yaqburu		تَقْبِرَانِ, تَقْبُرَانِ taqbirāni, taqburāni	يَقْبِرَانِ, يَقْبُرَانِ yaqbirāni, yaqburāni		نَقْبِرُ, نَقْبُرُ naqbiru, naqburu	تَقْبِرُونَ, تَقْبُرُونَ taqbirūna, taqburūna	يَقْبِرُونَ, يَقْبُرُونَ yaqbirūna, yaqburūna
	f		تَقْبِرِينَ, تَقْبُرِينَ taqbirīna, taqburīna	تَقْبِرُ, تَقْبُرُ taqbiru, taqburu			تَقْبِرَانِ, تَقْبُرَانِ taqbirāni, taqburāni			تَقْبِرْنَ, تَقْبُرْنَ taqbirna, taqburna	يَقْبِرْنَ, يَقْبُرْنَ yaqbirna, yaqburna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَقْبِرَ, أَقْبُرَ ʔaqbira, ʔaqbura	تَقْبِرَ, تَقْبُرَ taqbira, taqbura	يَقْبِرَ, يَقْبُرَ yaqbira, yaqbura		تَقْبِرَا, تَقْبُرَا taqbirā, taqburā	يَقْبِرَا, يَقْبُرَا yaqbirā, yaqburā		نَقْبِرَ, نَقْبُرَ naqbira, naqbura	تَقْبِرُوا, تَقْبُرُوا taqbirū, taqburū	يَقْبِرُوا, يَقْبُرُوا yaqbirū, yaqburū
	f		تَقْبِرِي, تَقْبُرِي taqbirī, taqburī	تَقْبِرَ, تَقْبُرَ taqbira, taqbura			تَقْبِرَا, تَقْبُرَا taqbirā, taqburā			تَقْبِرْنَ, تَقْبُرْنَ taqbirna, taqburna	يَقْبِرْنَ, يَقْبُرْنَ yaqbirna, yaqburna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَقْبِرْ, أَقْبُرْ ʔaqbir, ʔaqbur	تَقْبِرْ, تَقْبُرْ taqbir, taqbur	يَقْبِرْ, يَقْبُرْ yaqbir, yaqbur		تَقْبِرَا, تَقْبُرَا taqbirā, taqburā	يَقْبِرَا, يَقْبُرَا yaqbirā, yaqburā		نَقْبِرْ, نَقْبُرْ naqbir, naqbur	تَقْبِرُوا, تَقْبُرُوا taqbirū, taqburū	يَقْبِرُوا, يَقْبُرُوا yaqbirū, yaqburū
	f		تَقْبِرِي, تَقْبُرِي taqbirī, taqburī	تَقْبِرْ, تَقْبُرْ taqbir, taqbur			تَقْبِرَا, تَقْبُرَا taqbirā, taqburā			تَقْبِرْنَ, تَقْبُرْنَ taqbirna, taqburna	يَقْبِرْنَ, يَقْبُرْنَ yaqbirna, yaqburna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِقْبِرْ, اُقْبُرْ iqbir, uqbur			اِقْبِرَا, اُقْبُرَا iqbirā, uqburā				اِقْبِرُوا, اُقْبُرُوا iqbirū, uqburū
	f		اِقْبِرِي, اُقْبُرِي iqbirī, uqburī							اِقْبِرْنَ, اُقْبُرْنَ iqbirna, uqburna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	قُبِرْتُ qubirtu	قُبِرْتَ qubirta	قُبِرَ qubira		قُبِرْتُمَا qubirtumā	قُبِرَا qubirā		قُبِرْنَا qubirnā	قُبِرْتُمْ qubirtum	قُبِرُوا qubirū
	f		قُبِرْتِ qubirti	قُبِرَتْ qubirat			قُبِرَتَا qubiratā			قُبِرْتُنَّ qubirtunna	قُبِرْنَ qubirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُقْبَرُ ʔuqbaru	تُقْبَرُ tuqbaru	يُقْبَرُ yuqbaru		تُقْبَرَانِ tuqbarāni	يُقْبَرَانِ yuqbarāni		نُقْبَرُ nuqbaru	تُقْبَرُونَ tuqbarūna	يُقْبَرُونَ yuqbarūna
	f		تُقْبَرِينَ tuqbarīna	تُقْبَرُ tuqbaru			تُقْبَرَانِ tuqbarāni			تُقْبَرْنَ tuqbarna	يُقْبَرْنَ yuqbarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُقْبَرَ ʔuqbara	تُقْبَرَ tuqbara	يُقْبَرَ yuqbara		تُقْبَرَا tuqbarā	يُقْبَرَا yuqbarā		نُقْبَرَ nuqbara	تُقْبَرُوا tuqbarū	يُقْبَرُوا yuqbarū
	f		تُقْبَرِي tuqbarī	تُقْبَرَ tuqbara			تُقْبَرَا tuqbarā			تُقْبَرْنَ tuqbarna	يُقْبَرْنَ yuqbarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُقْبَرْ ʔuqbar	تُقْبَرْ tuqbar	يُقْبَرْ yuqbar		تُقْبَرَا tuqbarā	يُقْبَرَا yuqbarā		نُقْبَرْ nuqbar	تُقْبَرُوا tuqbarū	يُقْبَرُوا yuqbarū
	f		تُقْبَرِي tuqbarī	تُقْبَرْ tuqbar			تُقْبَرَا tuqbarā			تُقْبَرْنَ tuqbarna	يُقْبَرْنَ yuqbarna

Related terms

• مقبرة (maqbara, maqbura)

Etymology 2

Root
ق ب ر (q b r)
3 terms

قَبْر

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

Declension of noun قَبْر (qabr)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَبْر qabr	الْقَبْر al-qabr	قَبْر qabr
nominative	قَبْرٌ qabrun	الْقَبْرُ al-qabru	قَبْرُ qabru
accusative	قَبْرًا qabran	الْقَبْرَ al-qabra	قَبْرَ qabra
genitive	قَبْرٍ qabrin	الْقَبْرِ al-qabri	قَبْرِ qabri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قَبْرَيْن qabrayn	الْقَبْرَيْن al-qabrayn	قَبْرَيْ qabray
nominative	قَبْرَانِ qabrāni	الْقَبْرَانِ al-qabrāni	قَبْرَا qabrā
accusative	قَبْرَيْنِ qabrayni	الْقَبْرَيْنِ al-qabrayni	قَبْرَيْ qabray
genitive	قَبْرَيْنِ qabrayni	الْقَبْرَيْنِ al-qabrayni	قَبْرَيْ qabray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبُور qubūr	الْقُبُور al-qubūr	قُبُور qubūr
nominative	قُبُورٌ qubūrun	الْقُبُورُ al-qubūru	قُبُورُ qubūru
accusative	قُبُورًا qubūran	الْقُبُورَ al-qubūra	قُبُورَ qubūra
genitive	قُبُورٍ qubūrin	الْقُبُورِ al-qubūri	قُبُورِ qubūri

Descendants

• Maltese: qabar
• Gulf Arabic: قبر (gabir)
• Hijazi Arabic: قبر (gabur)
• → Persian: قَبْر (qabr)
  • → Assamese: কবৰ (kobor)
  • → Azerbaijani: qəbir
  • → Bengali: কবর (kobor)
  • → Crimean Tatar: qabir
  • → Kazakh: қабір (qabır)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قبر (kabr, kabir)
    • Turkish: kabir
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़ब्र (qabra)

    Urdu: قَبْر (qabr)

  • → Gujarati: કબર (kabar)
  • → Punjabi:

    Shahmukhi script: قبر (qabar)

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਬਰ (kabar)

  • → Sindhi: قبر (qabara)
• → Swahili: kaburi
• → Uyghur: قەبرە (qebre)
• → Uzbek: qabr

Etymology 3

قُبَّرَة

From قَبَرَ (qabara, “to inearth”); larks are small ground-dwelling songbirds that typically feed by digging up grub.

Alternative forms

• قُنْبُر (qunbur), قُنْبُرَاء (qunburāʔ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qub.bar/

Noun

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

1. lark (bird)

Declension

Declension of noun قُبَّر (qubbar)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبَّر qubbar	الْقُبَّر al-qubbar	قُبَّر qubbar
nominative	قُبَّرٌ qubbarun	الْقُبَّرُ al-qubbaru	قُبَّرُ qubbaru
accusative	قُبَّرًا qubbaran	الْقُبَّرَ al-qubbara	قُبَّرَ qubbara
genitive	قُبَّرٍ qubbarin	الْقُبَّرِ al-qubbari	قُبَّرِ qubbari
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبَّرَة qubbara	الْقُبَّرَة al-qubbara	قُبَّرَة qubbarat
nominative	قُبَّرَةٌ qubbaratun	الْقُبَّرَةُ al-qubbaratu	قُبَّرَةُ qubbaratu
accusative	قُبَّرَةً qubbaratan	الْقُبَّرَةَ al-qubbarata	قُبَّرَةَ qubbarata
genitive	قُبَّرَةٍ qubbaratin	الْقُبَّرَةِ al-qubbarati	قُبَّرَةِ qubbarati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبَّرَتَيْن qubbaratayn	الْقُبَّرَتَيْن al-qubbaratayn	قُبَّرَتَيْ qubbaratay
nominative	قُبَّرَتَانِ qubbaratāni	الْقُبَّرَتَانِ al-qubbaratāni	قُبَّرَتَا qubbaratā
accusative	قُبَّرَتَيْنِ qubbaratayni	الْقُبَّرَتَيْنِ al-qubbaratayni	قُبَّرَتَيْ qubbaratay
genitive	قُبَّرَتَيْنِ qubbaratayni	الْقُبَّرَتَيْنِ al-qubbaratayni	قُبَّرَتَيْ qubbaratay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبَّرَات qubbarāt	الْقُبَّرَات al-qubbarāt	قُبَّرَات qubbarāt
nominative	قُبَّرَاتٌ qubbarātun	الْقُبَّرَاتُ al-qubbarātu	قُبَّرَاتُ qubbarātu
accusative	قُبَّرَاتٍ qubbarātin	الْقُبَّرَاتِ al-qubbarāti	قُبَّرَاتِ qubbarāti
genitive	قُبَّرَاتٍ qubbarātin	الْقُبَّرَاتِ al-qubbarāti	قُبَّرَاتِ qubbarāti

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “قبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 389
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “قبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2480.

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

		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 1

Borrowed from Persian قبر (qabr, “grave, tomb”), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave, tomb”).

Noun

قبر • (kabr or kabir) (definite accusative قبری (kabiri), plural قبور (kubur) or قبرلر (kabirler))

1. tomb, grave, sepulcher, a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited

   Synonyms: سین (sin), مزار (mezar)

Derived terms

• قبرستان (kabristan, “cemetery, graveyard”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kabir

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kabir2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2309
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kabr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 573
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 943
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Sepulchrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[4], Vienna, column 1543
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “قبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[5], Vienna, column 3613
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kabir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[6], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّر (qubbar, “lark”).

Noun

قبر • (kuber or kubber) (singulative قبره (kubere, kubbere))

1. lark, any of several perching birds of the family Alaudidae

   Synonyms: تارلا قوشی (tarla kuşu), چایر قوشی (çayır kuşu), طویغار (toygar)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Galericus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[7], Vienna, column 638
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “قبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[8], Vienna, column 3613
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[9], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈqabr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäbɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäbɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäbɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäbɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæbɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäbɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qabr
Dari reading?	qabr
Iranian reading?	ġabr
Tajik reading?	qabr

Noun

قبر • (qabr / ġabr) (plural قبرها (qabr-hā / ġabr-hâ), or قبور (qubūr / ġobur), Tajik spelling қабр)

1. grave, tomb

   Synonyms: گور (gōr / gur), آرامگاه (ārāmgāh / ârâmgâh)

   • 1932, محمد اقبال [Muhammad Iqbāl], “The Divine Presence”, in Arthur J. Arberry, transl., جاویدنامه [Jāvīdnāma, Book of Eternity]‎^[10]:

     ملتی چون مرد ، کم خیزد ز قبر
     چارۂ او چیست غیر از قبر و صبر

     millatē čūn mard, kam xēzad z-i qabr
     čāra-yi ō čīst ġayr az qabr u sabr

     A nation, like man, rarely rises from the grave;
     what recourse has it, but the tomb and resignation?.

     (Indo-Persian script)

Derived terms

• قبرستان (qabristān / ġabrestân)
• سنگ قبر (sang-i qabr / sang-e ġabr)

Descendants

• → Assamese: কবৰ (kobor)
• → Azerbaijani: qəbir
• → Bengali: কবর (kobor)
• → Crimean Tatar: qabir
• → Kazakh: қабір (qabır)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبر (kabr, kabir)
  • Turkish: kabir
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ब्र (qabra)

  Urdu: قَبْر (qabr)

• → Gujarati: કબર (kabar)
• → Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi script: قبر (qabar)

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਬਰ (kabar)

• → Sindhi: قبر (qabara)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qəbɾ/

Noun

قَبْر • (qabr) f (Hindi spelling क़ब्र)

1. grave, tomb

Related terms

• قَبْرِسْتان (qabristān)