克爾白

Chinese

phonetic
trad. (克爾白) 克 爾 白
simp. (克尔白) 克 尔 白

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

克爾白

  1. (Islam) Kaaba

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 天房 (“Kaaba”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Central Plains Mandarin Yanqi 可爾拜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 可爾拜
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 克爾白, 拜衣同拉西, 天房
Cantonese Hong Kong 天房
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