قبا

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُبَاء (qubāʔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡu.ba/, [ɡʊ.ba]

Proper noun

قُبا • (guba) m

a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
a neighborhood in Medina, Saudi Arabia
Alternative form: (standard spelling) قباء (gubāʔ)

Persian

Etymology

Reborrowed from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpʾh /⁠kabāh⁠/, “garment, cloak”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوا (kewa, “long garment open in front”) and Khotanese [script needed] (khapa, “dress”). Perhaps cognate with Latin cappa (“cape”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈβɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.bɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.bɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.bɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qaḇā
Dari reading^?	qabā
Iranian reading^?	ğabâ
Tajik reading^?	qabo

Noun

قبا • (qabâ)

long garment, cloak, frock

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
- Turkish: kebe
- → Bulgarian: ке́бе (kébe)
- → Macedonian: ќебе (ḱebe)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ће̏бе / ćȅbe

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