معبد
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ب د (ʕ b d) |
| 9 terms |
Etymology
Noun of place from the root ع ب د (ʕ b d).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʕ.bad/
Noun
مَعْبَد • (maʕbad) m (dual مَعْبَدَانِ (maʕbadāni), plural مَعَابِد (maʕābid))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَعْبَد maʕbad |
الْمَعْبَد al-maʕbad |
مَعْبَد maʕbad |
| nominative | مَعْبَدٌ maʕbadun |
الْمَعْبَدُ al-maʕbadu |
مَعْبَدُ maʕbadu |
| accusative | مَعْبَدًا maʕbadan |
الْمَعْبَدَ al-maʕbada |
مَعْبَدَ maʕbada |
| genitive | مَعْبَدٍ maʕbadin |
الْمَعْبَدِ al-maʕbadi |
مَعْبَدِ maʕbadi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَعْبَدَيْن maʕbadayn |
الْمَعْبَدَيْن al-maʕbadayn |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| nominative | مَعْبَدَانِ maʕbadāni |
الْمَعْبَدَانِ al-maʕbadāni |
مَعْبَدَا maʕbadā |
| accusative | مَعْبَدَيْنِ maʕbadayni |
الْمَعْبَدَيْنِ al-maʕbadayni |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| genitive | مَعْبَدَيْنِ maʕbadayni |
الْمَعْبَدَيْنِ al-maʕbadayni |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَعَابِد maʕābid |
الْمَعَابِد al-maʕābid |
مَعَابِد maʕābid |
| nominative | مَعَابِدُ maʕābidu |
الْمَعَابِدُ al-maʕābidu |
مَعَابِدُ maʕābidu |
| accusative | مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
الْمَعَابِدَ al-maʕābida |
مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
| genitive | مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
الْمَعَابِدِ al-maʕābidi |
مَعَابِدِ maʕābidi |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: məbəd
- → Persian: معبد (ma'bad)
- ⇒ Tajik: маъбад (ma'bad)
- → Urdu: معبد (ma'bad)
- → Ottoman Turkish: معبد (ma'bed)
- → Turkish: mabet
- → Uzbek: maʻbad
- → Swahili: maabadi
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْبَد (maʕbad).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maʔ.ˈbad/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.bäd̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.bæd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.bäd̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'bad |
| Dari reading? | ma'bad |
| Iranian reading? | ma'bad |
| Tajik reading? | ma'bad |
Noun
| Dari | معبد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | маъбад |
مَعبَد • (ma'bad) (plural مَعابِد (ma'âbed), or مَعبَدها (ma'bad-hâ))
- temple
- Synonym: نیایشگاه (niyâyešgâh)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْبَد (maʕbad).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.bəd̪/, /məʔ.bəd̪/, [mɑː.bəd̪]
- Rhymes: -əd̪
- Hyphenation: مَعْ‧بَد
Noun
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْبَد (ma'bad), from Arabic مَعْبَد (maʕbad).
Noun
مَعْبَد • (ma'bad) m (formal plural مَعَابِد (ma'ābid), Hindi spelling माबद)
- place of worship, temple
- Synonym: عِبادَت گاہ ('ibādat gāh)
- 1990, اَشْفاق اَحْمَد [aśfāq ahmad], قِلْعَہ کَہَانی [qil'a kahānī], Lahore, →OCLC, page 26:
- بھگوان ہوتا تو اس معبد کے اندر ہوتا، دہلیز پر نہ بیٹھا کرتا۔
- bhagvān hotā to is ma'bad ke andar hotā, dahlīz par na baiṭhā kartā.
- If there was a god, he would have been inside this temple, not lingering at the entrance.
- (by extension) a synagogue
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مَعْبَد (ma'bad) | مَعْبَد (ma'bad) |
| oblique | مَعْبَد (ma'bad) | مَعْبَدوں (ma'badõ) |
| vocative | مَعْبَد (ma'bad) | مَعْبَدو (ma'bado) |
Further reading
- “معبد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “معبد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معبد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “معبد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “معبد”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “معبد”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC