# قبر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

From the root ق ب ر (q b r). Compare Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar) and Ge'ez ቀበረ (ḳäbärä, “to bury”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.ba.ra/

#### Verb

قَبَرَ • (qabara) I (non-past يَقْبِرُ (yaqbiru) or يَقْبُرُ (yaqburu), verbal noun قَبْر (qabr) or مَقْبَر (maqbar))
* to bury, to entomb
* to keep confined, to lock up (someone)

##### Related terms

* مقبرة (maqbara, maqbura)

### Etymology 2

From the root ق ب ر (q b r), from Proto-Semitic *qabr-. Compare Akkadian 𒀍 (qabrum, “grave”), Classical Syriac ܩܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (qaḇrāʾ), Hebrew קֶבֶר (qéḇer), Phoenician 𐤒𐤁𐤓 (qbr) and Ugaritic 𐎖𐎁𐎗 (qbr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qabr/
** (Kuwaiti) IPA: /ɡa.bir/

#### Noun

قَبْر • (qabr) m (plural قُبُور (qubūr))
* verbal noun of قَبَرَ (qabara) (form I)
* tomb, grave, sepulcher

##### Descendants

* Maltese: qabar
* Gulf Arabic: قبر (gabir)
* Hijazi Arabic: قبر (gabur)
* → Persian: قَبْر (qabr)
** → Azerbaijani: qəbir
** → Kazakh: қабір (qabır)
** → Ottoman Turkish: قبر (kabr, kabir)
*** Turkish: kabir
*** Crimean Tatar: qabir
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ब्र (qabra)
    Urdu: قَبْر (qabr)
** → Gujarati: કબર (kabar)
** → Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: قبر (qabar)
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਬਰ (kabar)
** → Sindhi: قبر (qabara)
* → Swahili: kaburi
* → Uyghur: قەبرە (qebre)
* → Uzbek: qabr

### Etymology 3

From the root ق ب ر (q b r), diggers; larks are small ground-dwelling songbirds that typically feed by digging up grub.

#### Alternative forms

* قُنْبُر (qunbur), قُنْبُرَاء (qunburāʔ)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qub.bar/

#### Noun

قُبَّر • (qubbar) m (collective, singulative قُبَّرَة f (qubbara))
* lark (bird)

##### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1835) “قبر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 389
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “قبر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2480

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق ب ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبَرَ (qabara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.bar/

#### Verb

قَبَر • (gabar) I (non-past يِقْبُر (yigbur))
* to bury, to entomb

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.bur/, [ɡa.bʊr]

#### Noun

قَبُر • (gabur) m (construct state قَبْر (gabr), plural قُبُور (gubūr))
* tomb, grave, sepulcher

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian قبر (qabr, “grave, tomb”), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave, tomb”).

#### Noun

قبر • (kabr or kabir) (definite accusative قبری (kabiri), plural قبور (kubur) or قبرلر (kabirler))
* tomb, grave, sepulcher, a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited
    Synonyms: سین (sin), مزار (mezar)

##### Derived terms

* قبرستان (kabristan, “cemetery, graveyard”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kabir

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kabir2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2309
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kabr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 573
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 943
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sepulchrum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1543
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3613
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kabir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُبَّر (qubbar, “lark”).

#### Noun

قبر • (kuber or kubber) (singulative قبره (kubere, kubbere))
* lark, any of several perching birds of the family Alaudidae
    Synonyms: تارلا قوشی (tarla kuşu), چایر قوشی (çayır kuşu), طویغار (toygar)

#### Further reading

* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Galericus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 638
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قبر”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3613
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1432

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qaβɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qäbɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qäbɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæbɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qäbɾ]

### Noun

| Dari | قبر |
| Iranian Persian | قبر |
| Tajik | қабр |
قَبْر • (qabr) (plural قبرها (qabr-hâ) or قُبور (qobur))
* grave, tomb
    Synonyms: گور (gur), آرامْگاه (ârâmgâh)

#### Derived terms

* قَبْرِسْتان (qabrestân)
* سَنْگِ قَبْر (sang-e qabr)

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qəbir
* → Kazakh: қабір (qabır)
* → Ottoman Turkish: قبر (kabr, kabir)
** Turkish: kabir
** Crimean Tatar: qabir
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ब्र (qabra)
    Urdu: قَبْر (qabr)
* → Gujarati: કબર (kabar)
* → Punjabi:
    Shahmukhi script: قبر (qabar)
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਬਰ (kabar)
* → Sindhi: قبر (qabara)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبر (qaḇr), from Arabic قَبْر (qabr).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qəbɾ/

### Noun

قَبْر • (qabr) f (Hindi spelling क़ब्र)
* grave, tomb

#### Related terms

* قَبْرِسْتان (qabristān)