# قبض
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Compare Hebrew קבץ (to collect, to gather).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.ba.dˤa/

#### Verb

قَبَضَ • (qabaḍa) I (non-past يَقْبِضُ (yaqbiḍu), verbal noun قَبْض (qabḍ))
* to seize, to take, to grab
* to take hold of, to take possession of
* to hold
* to arrest
* to receive, to collect
* to collect, to gather
    Synonym: جَمَعَ (jamaʕa)
* to contract, to constrict
* to constipate
* to oppress, to deject, to dishearten

##### Antonyms

* بَسَطَ (basaṭa)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qab.ba.dˤa/

#### Verb

قَبَّضَ • (qabbaḍa) II (non-past يُقَبِّضُ (yuqabbiḍu), verbal noun تَقْبِيض (taqbīḍ))
* to contract, to constrict
* to give into (someone's) possession
* to pay (a price)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qabdˤ/

#### Noun

قَبْض • (qabḍ) m
* verbal noun of قَبَضَ (qabaḍa) (form I)
* taking possession, possession
* confiscation
* constipation
* receipt of a sum
* (poetry) suppression of the fifth letter of a foot when it is quiescent

##### Descendants

* → Amharic: ቀብድ (ḳäbd)
* → Azerbaijani: qəbz
* → Persian: قبض
** → Bengali: কবজ (koboj)
** → Hindi: क़ब्ज़ (qabz)
** → Urdu: قبض
* → Ottoman Turkish: قبض (kabız)
** → Turkish: kabız
* → Swahili: kabidhi
* → Uzbek: qabz

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قبض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “قبض”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَبَضَ (qabaḍa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.badˤ/

#### Verb

قَبَض • (gabaḍ) I (non-past يِقْبُض (yigbuḍ))
* to arrest
    Synonym: مِسِك (misik)
* to seize, to take, to grab
* to take hold of, to take possession of
* to hold

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَبَّضَ (qabbaḍa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡab.badˤ/

#### Verb

قبض • (gabbaḍ) II (non-past يِقَبِّض (yigabbiḍ))
* (rare) to pay (a price)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡabdˤ/

#### Noun

قبض • (gabḍ) m
* taking possession, possession
* confiscation

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qaβz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qäbz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qäws], [qäwz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qäbz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæbz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qäbz]

### Noun

قبض • (qabz)
* bill, receipt
* (medicine) constipation
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 52—53:از قضا سرکنگبین صفرا فزود روغن بادام خشکی می‌‌نمود از هلیله قبض شد اطلاق رفت آب آتش را مدد شد همچو نفتaz qazā sirkangabin safrā fuzūd rōğan-i bādām xuškī mē-nimūd az halīla qabz šud itlāq raft āb ātaš rā madad šud hamčō naftBy Divine destiny, oxymel increased the bile, and oil of almonds was producing dryness. From [giving] myrobalan constipation resulted, relaxation ceased; And water fed the flames, like naphtha.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* (archaic) seizure, taking possession of

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَبْض (qabz), from Arabic قَبْض (qabḍ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qəbz/
* Rhymes: -əbz

### Noun

قَبْض • (qabz) m (Hindi spelling क़ब्ज़)
* constipation
* capture, seizure

#### Declension
### References

* “قبض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “قبض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.