Kaaba

See also: k’aaba’

English

The Kaaba

Alternative forms

• Caaba
• Ka'ba
• Qabah

Etymology

Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːəbə/

Proper noun

the Kaaba

1. (Islam) The small and nearly cubical stone building in Mecca, holiest place of Islam, and also holy to pre-Islamic Arabian religions.

Translations

cubical stone building in Mecca

• Albanian: Qabeja
• Arabic: اَلْكَعْبَةُ f (al-kaʕbatu)
• Bashkir: Ҡәғбә (Qəğbə)
• Bulgarian: Кааба (Kaaba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克爾白／克尔白 (zh) (Kè'ěrbái), 克尔白 (zh) (Kè'ěrbái), 天房 (Tiānfáng)

• Crimean Tatar: Kâbe
• Danish: Ka'ba
• Dutch: Ka'aba
• Esperanto: Kaabo
• Estonian: Kaaba (et)
• Finnish: Kaaba
• French: Ka’ba
• German: Kaaba (de)
• Hebrew: כַּעְבָּה f (ka'ba)
• Hindi: काबा (hi) (kābā)
• Hungarian: Kába
• Icelandic: Kaba
• Indonesian: Ka'bah
• Italian: Ka'ba f
• Japanese: カアバ (kāba)
• Kurdish:
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• Lithuanian: Kaaba f
• Macedonian: Каба m (Kaba), Ќаба m (Ḱaba)
• Malay: Kaabah
• Marathi: काबा (kābā)
• Norwegian: Kaba
• Persian: کعبه (fa) (ka'be)
• Polish: Kaaba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Kaaba (pt) f
• Russian: Ка́аба (ru) f (Káaba)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ка́ба f, Ћа́ба f

  Roman: Kába f, Ćába f

• Slovak: Kába f
• Spanish: Kaaba f
• Swahili: Kaaba (sw)
• Swedish: Kaba
• Thai: กะอฺบะหฺ (gà’bàh)
• Turkish: Kâbe (tr)
• Urdu: کعبہ (ka'ba)

Further reading

• Kaaba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Akaba, abaka, abaká

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Estonian

Proper noun

Kaaba

1. (Islam) Kaaba

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Finnish

Proper noun

Kaaba

1. (Islam) Kaaba

Declension

Inflection of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Kaaba	—
genitive		Kaaban	—
partitive		Kaabaa	—
illative		Kaabaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kaaba	—
accusative	nom.	Kaaba	—
	gen.	Kaaban
genitive		Kaaban	—
partitive		Kaabaa	—
inessive		Kaabassa	—
elative		Kaabasta	—
illative		Kaabaan	—
adessive		Kaaballa	—
ablative		Kaabalta	—
allative		Kaaballe	—
essive		Kaabana	—
translative		Kaabaksi	—
abessive		Kaabatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kaabani — accusative nom. Kaabani — gen. Kaabani genitive Kaabani — partitive Kaabaani — inessive Kaabassani — elative Kaabastani — illative Kaabaani — adessive Kaaballani — ablative Kaabaltani — allative Kaaballeni — essive Kaabanani — translative Kaabakseni — abessive Kaabattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kaabasi — accusative nom. Kaabasi — gen. Kaabasi genitive Kaabasi — partitive Kaabaasi — inessive Kaabassasi — elative Kaabastasi — illative Kaabaasi — adessive Kaaballasi — ablative Kaabaltasi — allative Kaaballesi — essive Kaabanasi — translative Kaabaksesi — abessive Kaabattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kaabamme — accusative nom. Kaabamme — gen. Kaabamme genitive Kaabamme — partitive Kaabaamme — inessive Kaabassamme — elative Kaabastamme — illative Kaabaamme — adessive Kaaballamme — ablative Kaabaltamme — allative Kaaballemme — essive Kaabanamme — translative Kaabaksemme — abessive Kaabattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kaabanne — accusative nom. Kaabanne — gen. Kaabanne genitive Kaabanne — partitive Kaabaanne — inessive Kaabassanne — elative Kaabastanne — illative Kaabaanne — adessive Kaaballanne — ablative Kaabaltanne — allative Kaaballenne — essive Kaabananne — translative Kaabaksenne — abessive Kaabattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kaabansa — accusative nom. Kaabansa — gen. Kaabansa genitive Kaabansa — partitive Kaabaansa — inessive Kaabassaan Kaabassansa — elative Kaabastaan Kaabastansa — illative Kaabaansa — adessive Kaaballaan Kaaballansa — ablative Kaabaltaan Kaabaltansa — allative Kaaballeen Kaaballensa — essive Kaabanaan Kaabanansa — translative Kaabakseen Kaabaksensa — abessive Kaabattaan Kaabattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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German

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔabaː/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧a‧ba

• Audio:

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Noun

Kaaba f (genitive Kaaba, no plural)

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Further reading

• “Kaaba” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Caaba

Proper noun

Kaaba f

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Kaaba f

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)