مقبرة

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Root
ق ب ر (q-b-r)

Noun of place from the verb قَبَرَ (qabara, to bury).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maq.ba.ra/, /maq.bu.ra/

Noun[edit]

مَقْبَرَة or مَقْبُرَة (maqbara or maqburaf (plural مَقْبَرَات (maqbarāt) or مَقْبُرَات (maqburāt) or مَقَابِر (maqābir))

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground
    Synonyms: مَدْفِن (madfin), مَقْبَر (maqbar)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 102:1-2:
      أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ
      حَتَّى زُرْتُمُ الْمَقَابِرَ
      ʔalhākumu t-takāṯuru
      ḥattā zurtumu al-maqābira
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Portuguese: almocávar
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਕਬਰਾ (makbarā)
    Shahmukhi script: مقبرة (maqbara)

Hijazi Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ب ر
2 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic مَقْبَرَة (maqbara).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

مقبرة (magbaraf (plural مَقَابِر (magābir) or مَقْبرات (magbarāt))

  1. cemetery, graveyard, burial ground