lqebla

Kabyle

Root
q-b-l
3 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic قبلة (qabla), from Arabic قِبْلة (qibla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lqəbla/

Noun

lqebla f

1. qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray
2. (by extension) east

   Synonym: ccerq

References

• Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France