کربلا

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Iran) IPA(key): [kʲæɾbæˈlɒː]

Proper noun

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

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