کعبه

See also: كعبة and کعبہ

Azerbaijani

Proper noun

کعبه

1. Arabic spelling of Kəbə

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kaʔ.ba]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʔ.bä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʔ.bä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑː.bä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔː.bä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæʔ.be]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäʔ.bä]

Readings
Classical reading?	ka'ba
Dari reading?	ka'ba
Iranian reading?	ka'be
Tajik reading?	kaʾba

Proper noun

Dari	کعبه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Каъба

کعبه • (ka'be)

1. (Islam) Kaaba (the nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly)