القبلتان

القبلتان

Arabic

Etymology

From the dual of قِبْلَة‎ (qibla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.qib.la.taː.ni/

Proper noun

الْقِبْلَتَانِ • (al-qiblatāni) f du

1. (Islam) the Two Qiblas (Mecca and Jerusalem)

   ‏مَسْجِد الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ‎‎ ― masjid al-qiblatayni ― the Mosque of the Two Qiblas

Declension

Declension of noun الْقِبْلَتَان (al-qiblatān)

Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْن‎ al-qiblatayn	—
Nominative	—	الْقِبْلَتَانِ al-qiblatāni	—
Accusative	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ‎ al-qiblatayni	—
Genitive	—	الْقِبْلَتَيْنِ‎ al-qiblatayni	—

Descendants

(via oblique form القِبْلَتَيْنِ‎ (al-qiblatayni)):

• → Azerbaijani: Qibləteyn
• → Ottoman Turkish: قبلتین‎
  • Turkish: Kıbleteyn
• → Persian: قبلتین‎ (qeblateyn)
  • → Hindustani:
    • Urdu: قبلتین‎ (qiblatain)
• → Uzbek: Qiblatayn

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “القبلتان”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 818