turbeh

turbeh

English

Alternative forms

• turbe
• türbe
• türbeh

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تربه‎ (türbe), from Arabic تُرْبَة‎ (turba, “tomb”). Doublet of turbah.

Noun

turbeh (plural turbehs)

1. A small mausoleum built over the grave of a high-ranking or holy Muslim, especially under the Ottomans.
   • 1988, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, translating Milorad Pavić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 125:

     “The guard locks the gates of the turbeh, letting the heavy sound of the lock fall into the dark interior, as though leaving the name of the key inside.”

Anagrams

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