کربلا

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), a compound of كَرْب (karb) +‎ بَلَاء (balāʔ)[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dari کربلا
Iranian Persian
Tajik Карбало

کربلا (karbalâ)

  1. Karbala (a city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims)

References

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  1. ^ al-Qummi, Ja'far ibn Qūlawayh (2008) Sayyid Mohsen al-Husaini al-Mīlāni, transl., Kāmil al-Ziyārāt, Shiabooks.ca Press, page 545