مقبرة

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Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb قَبَرَ (qabara, to bury), from the root ق ب ر (q-b-r).

Noun

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

  1. cemetery, graveyard
    • 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)
  2. burial ground

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