قبه

See also: قبة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba, dome, cupola), from Aramaic קוּבְּתָא (qubbəṯā, vault; dome, cupola).

Noun

قبه • (kubbe) (plural قبب (kubeb) or قباب (kıbab))

  1. dome, cupola, any structural element resembling the hollow upper half of a sphere
    Synonyms: طارم (tarem), كنبد (kümbed)
  2. (by extension) any domed room or building typical of Middle Eastern countries

Derived terms

  • قبه آلتی (kubbe altı, the apartments where councils of State were held)
  • قبه صخره (Kubbe-i Sahre, the Dome of the Rock)
  • قبه وزیری (kubbe veziri, vezir appointed as a member of a council of State)
  • قبه چویرمك (kubbe çevirmek, to build a dome)
  • قبه گبی (kubbe gibi, dome-shaped)
  • قبه‌سز (kubbesiz, domeless)
  • قبه‌لندرمك (kubbelendirmek, to make or let be furnished with a dome)
  • قبه‌لنمك (kubbelenmek, to become dome-shaped)
  • قبه‌لو (kubbeli, furnished with a dome)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kubbe

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّة (qubba).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qubba
Dari reading? qubba
Iranian reading? ġobbe
Tajik reading? qubba

Noun

قبه • (qubba / ġobbe) (Tajik spelling қубба)

  1. dome, cupola, vault

Derived terms

Descendants

  •   Bengali: কুব্বা (kubba)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ुब्बा (qubbā)
    Urdu: قُبَّہ (qubba)
  • Turkmen: gupba
  • Uyghur: قۇببە (qubbe)
  • Uzbek: qubba
  • Zazaki: qubbe