काबा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). First attested as Old Hindi काबा (kābā). Compare Punjabi ਕਾਅਬਾ (kāabā) / کَعبہ (kaʻbh), Sindhi ڪَعبو, Gujarati કાબા (kābā), Bengali কাবা (kaba).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑː.bɑː/, [käː.bäː]

Proper noun

काबा • (kābām (Urdu spelling کَعْبَہ)

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Declension

Declension of काबा (sg-only masc unmarked ā-stem)
singular
direct काबा
kābā
oblique काबा
kābā
vocative काबा
kābā

Further reading

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

  • काबइ (kābaï)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کعبه (ka'ba), from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਾਬਾ (kābā).

Proper noun

काबा (kābā)

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Descendants

  • Hindustani: kābā
    Hindi: काबा
    Urdu: کَعْبَہ (ka'ba)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC