# ܩܘܒܬܐ
## Classical Syriac
### Etymology

Uncertain whether an ideophonic word from a root ܩ ܒ ܒ – compare Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā, “well; cistern”), ܓܝܒܐ (gaybā, gayḇā, “vault; shrine”) – or an Iranian borrowing, compare Persian کپه (koppe, “pile, stack; dome-shaped object”), Central Kurdish کۆپ (kop, “crest, peak, summit”) and گەبە (gebe, “mumps”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qub(bə)θɑ]

### Noun

ܩܘܒܬܐ • (qubbəṯā) f (plural ܐܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܝܬܐ or ܩܘܒܐ (qubbē))
* vault; dome, cupola
* domed palace
* apex, top, crown, centre
* canopy, tent, tabernacle, pavilion
* umbrella
* seat, see

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: قُبَّة (qubba)
** → Azerbaijani: qübbə
** → Coptic: ⲕⲉⲡⲓⲧⲱ (kepitō)
** → Indonesian: kubah
** → Italian: alcova
** → Ottoman Turkish: قبة (ḳubbe)
    > Turkish: kubbe (inherited)
** → Persian: قبه (qobbe)
** → Portuguese: alcova, Alcobaça
** → Spanish: alcoba
*** → French: alcôve
**** → English: alcove
*** → Sicilian: arcova
** → Sicilian: cubba, Cubba
** → Swahili: kuba
** → Turkmen: gupba
** → Uyghur: قۇببە (qubbe)
** → Uzbek: qubba
** → Zazaki: qubbe
* → Middle Persian: [script needed] (gwmbt' /⁠gumbad⁠/, “dome; fire-temple”)
** Persian: گنبد (gonbad), گنبذ (gombaz) (archaic), گمبد (gombad), گنبذ (gonbaz)
*** → Arabic: جُنْبَد (jumbad), جُنْبَذ (jumbaḏ), جُنْبُذ m (jumbuḏ)
*** → Assamese: গম্বুজ (gombuz), গুম্বজ (gumboz)
*** → Azerbaijani: günbəz / گنبذ
*** → Bashkir: көмбәҙ (kömbəź)
*** → Bengali: গম্বুজ (gombuj), গুম্বজ (gumboj)
*** → Gojri: گُمَٹ (gumaṭ)
*** → Gujarati: ગુંબજ (gumbaj), ઘુંમટ (ghummaṭ), ઘૂમટ (ghūmaṭ)
*** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: गुंबज़ (gumbaz)
    Urdu: گُنْبَد (gumbad), گُنْبَذ (gumbaz)
*** → Kannada: ಗುಮ್ಮಟ (gummaṭa)
*** → Kazakh: күмбез (kümbez)
*** → Konkani: ghumaṭ
    Devanagari script: घुमट
    Kannada script: ಘುಮಟ್
    Latin script: ghumott
*** → Kyrgyz: күмбөз (kümböz)
*** → Malvi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
*** → Mandarin: 拱北 (Gǒngběi)
*** → Marathi: घुमट (ghumaṭ)
*** → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: गुंबज (gumbaj), घुमट (ghumaṭ)
    Mahajani script: 𑅗𑅒𑅧𑅪𑅛 (gunbj), 𑅘𑅒𑅬𑅞 (ghumṭ)
*** → Nepali: गुमज (gumaj)
*** → Nogai: куьмбез (kümbez)
*** → Odia: ଗୁମୁଟ (gumuṭa)
*** → Ottoman Turkish: كنبد (kümbed)
**** Turkish: kümbet
**** → Armenian: քիւմպէթ (kʻiwmpētʻ)
*** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੰਬਦ (gumbad)
    Shahmukhi script: گُنبَد (gunbad)
*** → Saraiki: گُمُّذ (gummuẕ), گُمّبذ (gummbẕ)
*** → Sindhi:
    Arabic script: گُنبَذُ
    Devanagari script: गुंबजु
    Khudabadi script: 𑊼𑋣𑋟𑋔𑋂𑋩𑋣 (gumbazu)
*** → Tamil: கும்மட்டம் (kummaṭṭam)
*** → Telugu: గుమ్మటము (gummaṭamu)
*** → Turkmen: gümmez
*** → Chagatai:
**** Uyghur: گۇمبەز (gumbez)
**** Uzbek: gumbaz
*** Tajik: гунбаз (gunbaz)

### References

* “qwbh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2013-04-28
* Brockelmann, Carl (1928) Lexicon Syriacum (in Latin), 2nd edition, Halle: Max Niemeyer, published 1995, page 640a
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 306a
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 491b
* Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3466
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1324a