قبلة

See also: قبله, قبلہ, فيلة, and قتلة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
22 terms

Compare قَبِلَ (qabila, “to receive hospitably”).

Noun

قُبْلَة • (qubla) f (plural قُبُلَات (qubulāt) or قُبْلَات (qublāt) or قُبَل (qubal))

kiss
Synonym: بَوْسَة (bawsa)

قُبْلَةُ الْفَجْرِ تُضِئِينَ بِهَا حَيَاتِي كَشَمْسٍ تَشْرُقُ فِي أُوْلَى سَاعَاتِ الصَّبَاحِ
qublatu al-fajri tuḍiʔīna bihā ḥayātī kašamsin tašruqu fī ʔuwlā sāʕāti ṣ-ṣabāḥi
Your morning kiss lights up my life like a sun rising in the early hours of dawn.

Declension

Declension of noun **قُبْلَة** (qubla)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبْلَة qubla	الْقُبْلَة al-qubla	قُبْلَة qublat
nominative	قُبْلَةٌ qublatun	الْقُبْلَةُ al-qublatu	قُبْلَةُ qublatu
accusative	قُبْلَةً qublatan	الْقُبْلَةَ al-qublata	قُبْلَةَ qublata
genitive	قُبْلَةٍ qublatin	الْقُبْلَةِ al-qublati	قُبْلَةِ qublati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبْلَتَيْن qublatayn	الْقُبْلَتَيْن al-qublatayn	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
nominative	قُبْلَتَانِ qublatāni	الْقُبْلَتَانِ al-qublatāni	قُبْلَتَا qublatā
accusative	قُبْلَتَيْنِ qublatayni	الْقُبْلَتَيْنِ al-qublatayni	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
genitive	قُبْلَتَيْنِ qublatayni	الْقُبْلَتَيْنِ al-qublatayni	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُبُلَات‎; قُبْلَات‎; قُبَل qubulāt‎; qublāt‎; qubal	الْقُبُلَات‎; الْقُبْلَات‎; الْقُبَل al-qubulāt‎; al-qublāt‎; al-qubal	قُبُلَات‎; قُبْلَات‎; قُبَل qubulāt‎; qublāt‎; qubal
nominative	قُبُلَاتٌ‎; قُبْلَاتٌ‎; قُبَلٌ qubulātun‎; qublātun‎; qubalun	الْقُبُلَاتُ‎; الْقُبْلَاتُ‎; الْقُبَلُ al-qubulātu‎; al-qublātu‎; al-qubalu	قُبُلَاتُ‎; قُبْلَاتُ‎; قُبَلُ qubulātu‎; qublātu‎; qubalu
accusative	قُبُلَاتٍ‎; قُبْلَاتٍ‎; قُبَلًا qubulātin‎; qublātin‎; qubalan	الْقُبُلَاتِ‎; الْقُبْلَاتِ‎; الْقُبَلَ al-qubulāti‎; al-qublāti‎; al-qubala	قُبُلَاتِ‎; قُبْلَاتِ‎; قُبَلَ qubulāti‎; qublāti‎; qubala
genitive	قُبُلَاتٍ‎; قُبْلَاتٍ‎; قُبَلٍ qubulātin‎; qublātin‎; qubalin	الْقُبُلَاتِ‎; الْقُبْلَاتِ‎; الْقُبَلِ al-qubulāti‎; al-qublāti‎; al-qubali	قُبُلَاتِ‎; قُبْلَاتِ‎; قُبَلِ qubulāti‎; qublāti‎; qubali

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قبلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

قِبْلَة • (qibla) f

direction, trend, drift
مَكَّةُ قِبْلَةُ الْحُجَّاجِ ― makkatu qiblatu l-ḥujjāji ― Mecca, direction of the pilgrims
(definite اَلْقِبْلَة (al-qibla)) qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.
(by extension) something or somewhere which people ought to seek
Synonym: كَعْبَة (kaʕba)

قِبْلَةُ الْأَحْرَارِ ― qiblatu l-ʔaḥrāri ― the qibla of the free

Declension

Declension of noun **قِبْلَة** (qibla)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قِبْلَة qibla	الْقِبْلَة al-qibla	قِبْلَة qiblat
nominative	قِبْلَةٌ qiblatun	الْقِبْلَةُ al-qiblatu	قِبْلَةُ qiblatu
accusative	قِبْلَةً qiblatan	الْقِبْلَةَ al-qiblata	قِبْلَةَ qiblata
genitive	قِبْلَةٍ qiblatin	الْقِبْلَةِ al-qiblati	قِبْلَةِ qiblati

Derived terms

القِبْلَتَان (al-qiblatān, “the Two Qiblas (Mecca and Jerusalem)”)

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: جبلة (jibla), قبلة (qibla)
Hijazi Arabic: قبلة (gibla)
Moroccan Arabic: قبلة (qabla)
→ Azerbaijani: qiblə
→ Bashkir: ҡибла (qibla)
→ Catalan: alquibla
→ Chagatai: قبله
- Uyghur: قىبلە (qible)
- Uzbek: qibla
→ English: qibla
→ Kazakh: құбыла (qūbyla)
→ Khalaj: qıblə
→ Ottoman Turkish: قبله
- Turkish: kıble
→ Persian: قبله (qeble)
- → Hindustani:
  - Hindi: क़िबला (qiblā)
  - Urdu: قبلہ
→ Spanish: alquibla
→ Swahili: kibla
→ Turkmen: kybla

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
11 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡib.la/, /ɡɪb.la/

Noun

قِبْلة • (gibla) f (construct state قِبْلَةْ (giblat), dual قِبْلَتين (giblatēn), plural قِبْلات (giblāt))

qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.