قبلہ
See also: قبلة and قبله
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قبله (qibla), from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla).
Noun
قِبلَہ • (qiblā) m (Hindi spelling क़िबला)
- anything opposite
- (Islam) that part to which Muslims turn their faces when at prayer; the temple of the Kaʻba in Mecca; Mecca
- an altar, a temple; an object of veneration or reverence; a father; a king, &c.; (by way of respectful address) Father! Worship! Sire!
Further reading
- “قبلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “قبلہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “قبله”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.