قبرستان

Persian

Etymology

From قَبْر (qabr, “grave”) +‎ ـسْتان (-stân, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qaβ.ɾis.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäb.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäb.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäb.ɾɪs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäb.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæb.ɹes.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäb.ɾis.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	qaḇristān
Dari reading?	qabristān
Iranian reading?	ğabrestân
Tajik reading?	qabriston

Noun

Dari	قبرستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қабристон

قبرستان • (qabrestân) (plural قبرستان‌ها (qabrestân-hâ))

1. cemetery
2. graveyard

Synonyms

• گورِسْتان (gurestân)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કબ્રસ્તાન (kabrastān)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਬਰਸਤਾਨ (kabarstān)

  Shahmukhi script: قبرستان (qabarstān)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَبْرِسْتان (qabristān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qəb.ɾɪs.t̪ɑːn/

Noun

قَبْرِسْتان • (qabristān) m (Hindi spelling क़ब्रिस्तान)

1. cemetery
2. graveyard

Declension

Declension of قبرستان
	singular	plural
direct	قبرستان (qabristān)	قبرستان (qabristān)
oblique	قبرستان (qabristān)	قبرستانوں (qabristānō̃)
vocative	قبرستان (qabristān)	قبرستانو (qabristānō)

Synonyms

• گورِسْتان (goristān)

Related terms

• قَبْر (qabr)