قبلة

See also: قبله, قبلہ, فيلة, and قتلة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ب ل (q-b-l)

Compare قَبِلَ (qabila, “to receive hospitably”).

Noun

قُبْلَة • (qubla) f (plural قُبُلَات (qubulāt) or قُبْلَات (qublāt) or قُبَل (qubal))

1. kiss

   Synonym: بَوْسَة (bawsa)

   قُبْلَةُ الْفَجْرِ تُضِئِينَ بِهَا حَيَاتِي كَشَمْسٍ تَشْرُقُ فِي أُوْلَى سَاعَاتِ الصَّبَاحِ

   qublatu al-fajri tuḍiʔīna bihā ḥayātī kašamsin tašruqu fī ʔuwlā sāʕāti ṣ-ṣabāḥi

   Your morning kiss lights up my life like a sun rising in the early hours of dawn.

Declension

Declension of noun قُبْلَة (qubla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُبْلَة qubla	الْقُبْلَة al-qubla	قُبْلَة qublat
Nominative	قُبْلَةٌ qublatun	الْقُبْلَةُ al-qublatu	قُبْلَةُ qublatu
Accusative	قُبْلَةً qublatan	الْقُبْلَةَ al-qublata	قُبْلَةَ qublata
Genitive	قُبْلَةٍ qublatin	الْقُبْلَةِ al-qublati	قُبْلَةِ qublati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُبْلَتَيْن qublatayn	الْقُبْلَتَيْن al-qublatayn	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
Nominative	قُبْلَتَانِ qublatāni	الْقُبْلَتَانِ al-qublatāni	قُبْلَتَا qublatā
Accusative	قُبْلَتَيْنِ qublatayni	الْقُبْلَتَيْنِ al-qublatayni	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
Genitive	قُبْلَتَيْنِ qublatayni	الْقُبْلَتَيْنِ al-qublatayni	قُبْلَتَيْ qublatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُبُلَات‎; قُبْلَات‎; قُبَل qubulāt‎; qublāt‎; qubal	الْقُبُلَات‎; الْقُبْلَات‎; الْقُبَل al-qubulāt‎; al-qublāt‎; al-qubal	قُبُلَات‎; قُبْلَات‎; قُبَل qubulāt‎; qublāt‎; qubal
Nominative	قُبُلَاتٌ‎; قُبْلَاتٌ‎; قُبَلٌ qubulātun‎; qublātun‎; qubalun	الْقُبُلَاتُ‎; الْقُبْلَاتُ‎; الْقُبَلُ al-qubulātu‎; al-qublātu‎; al-qubalu	قُبُلَاتُ‎; قُبْلَاتُ‎; قُبَلُ qubulātu‎; qublātu‎; qubalu
Accusative	قُبُلَاتٍ‎; قُبْلَاتٍ‎; قُبَلًا qubulātin‎; qublātin‎; qubalan	الْقُبُلَاتِ‎; الْقُبْلَاتِ‎; الْقُبَلَ al-qubulāti‎; al-qublāti‎; al-qubala	قُبُلَاتِ‎; قُبْلَاتِ‎; قُبَلَ qubulāti‎; qublāti‎; qubala
Genitive	قُبُلَاتٍ‎; قُبْلَاتٍ‎; قُبَلٍ qubulātin‎; qublātin‎; qubalin	الْقُبُلَاتِ‎; الْقُبْلَاتِ‎; الْقُبَلِ al-qubulāti‎; al-qublāti‎; al-qubali	قُبُلَاتِ‎; قُبْلَاتِ‎; قُبَلِ qubulāti‎; qublāti‎; qubali

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قبلة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Noun

قِبْلَة • (qibla) f

1. direction, trend, drift

   مَكَّةُ قِبْلَةُ الْحُجَّاجِ

   makkatu qiblatu l-ḥujjāji

   Mecca, direction of the pilgrims

2. (definite اَلْقِبْلَة (al-qibla)) qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.
3. (by extension) something or somewhere which people ought to seek

   Synonym: كَعْبَة (kaʕba)

   قِبْلَةُ الْأَحْرَارِ ― qiblatu l-ʔaḥrāri ― the qibla of the free

Declension

Declension of noun قِبْلَة (qibla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِبْلَة qibla	الْقِبْلَة al-qibla	قِبْلَة qiblat
Nominative	قِبْلَةٌ qiblatun	الْقِبْلَةُ al-qiblatu	قِبْلَةُ qiblatu
Accusative	قِبْلَةً qiblatan	الْقِبْلَةَ al-qiblata	قِبْلَةَ qiblata
Genitive	قِبْلَةٍ qiblatin	الْقِبْلَةِ al-qiblati	قِبْلَةِ qiblati

Derived terms

• القِبْلَتَان (al-qiblatān, “the Two Qiblas (Mecca and Jerusalem)”)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: جبلة (jibla), قبلة (qibla)
• Hijazi Arabic: قبلة (gibla)
• Moroccan Arabic: قبلة (qabla)
• → Azerbaijani: qiblə
• → Bashkir: ҡибла (qibla)
• → Catalan: alquibla
• → Chagatai: قبله
  • Uyghur: قىبلە (qible)
  • Uzbek: qibla
• → English: qibla
• → Kazakh: құбыла (qūbyla)
• → Khalaj: qıblə
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبله
  • Turkish: kıble
• → Persian: قبله (qeble)
  • → Urdu: قبلہ
• → Spanish: alquibla
• → Swahili: kibla
• → Turkmen: kybla

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ب ل
10 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡib.la/, /ɡɪb.la/

Noun

قِبْلة • (gibla) f (construct state قِبْلَةْ (giblat), dual قِبْلَتين (giblatēn), plural قِبْلات (giblāt))

1. qibla, the direction towards the Kaaba, towards which Muslims pray.