قبا

• قَبَّى (qabbā)

قَبَا • (qabā) I (non-past يَقْبُو (yaqbū), verbal noun قَبْو (qabw)) (transitive)

1. to vault, to arch (a building)
2. to bend, to curve (an object)
3. to gather (e.g. grains) in one's fingers
4. to harvest

• “قبا” in Almaany
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قبو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic قُبَاء (qubāʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ba/, [ɡʊ.ba]

قُبا • (guba) m

1. a mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia
2. a neighborhood in Medina, Saudi Arabia

   Alternative form: (standard spelling) قباء (gubāʔ)

Reborrowed from Arabic قَبَاء (qabāʔ), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kpʾh /⁠kabāh⁠/, “garment, cloak”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Cognate to Central Kurdish کەوا (kewa, “long garment open in front”) and Khotanese [script needed] (khapa, “dress”). Perhaps cognate with Latin cappa (“cape”).

قبا • (qabâ)

1. long garment, cloak, frock

• → Ottoman Turkish: كبه (kebe, “blanket”)
  • Turkish: gebe