turbah

English

Etymology

From Arabic تُرْبَة (turba). Doublet of turbeh.

Noun

turbah (plural turbahs)

  1. (Islam) A small piece of soil or clay, often in the form of a tablet, used in Islamic prayer to symbolize earth.
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