معبد
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Arabic
Etymology
Noun of place from the root ع ب د (ʕ b d).
Pronunciation
Noun
مَعْبَد • (maʕbad) m (dual مَعْبَدَانِ (maʕbadāni), plural مَعَابِد (maʕābid))
Declension
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَعْبَد maʕbad |
الْمَعْبَد al-maʕbad |
مَعْبَد maʕbad |
| Nominative | مَعْبَدٌ maʕbadun |
الْمَعْبَدُ al-maʕbadu |
مَعْبَدُ maʕbadu |
| Accusative | مَعْبَدًا maʕbadan |
الْمَعْبَدَ al-maʕbada |
مَعْبَدَ maʕbada |
| Genitive | مَعْبَدٍ maʕbadin |
الْمَعْبَدِ al-maʕbadi |
مَعْبَدِ maʕbadi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَعْبَدَيْن maʕbadayn |
الْمَعْبَدَيْن al-maʕbadayn |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| Nominative | مَعْبَدَانِ maʕbadāni |
الْمَعْبَدَانِ al-maʕbadāni |
مَعْبَدَا maʕbadā |
| Accusative | مَعْبَدَيْنِ maʕbadayni |
الْمَعْبَدَيْنِ al-maʕbadayni |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| Genitive | مَعْبَدَيْنِ maʕbadayni |
الْمَعْبَدَيْنِ al-maʕbadayni |
مَعْبَدَيْ maʕbaday |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَعَابِد maʕābid |
الْمَعَابِد al-maʕābid |
مَعَابِد maʕābid |
| Nominative | مَعَابِدُ maʕābidu |
الْمَعَابِدُ al-maʕābidu |
مَعَابِدُ maʕābidu |
| Accusative | مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
الْمَعَابِدَ al-maʕābida |
مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
| Genitive | مَعَابِدَ maʕābida |
الْمَعَابِدِ al-maʕābidi |
مَعَابِدِ maʕābidi |
Declension of noun مَعْبَد (maʕbad)
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [maʔ.bað]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.bæd̪̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.bäd̪]
Noun
| Dari | معبد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | маъбад |
مَعبَد • (ma'bad) (plural مَعابِد (ma'âbed) or مَعبَدها (ma'bad-hâ))
Urdu
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʕ.bəd̪/, /məʔ.bəd̪/, [mɑː.bəd̪]
- Rhymes: -əd̪
- Hyphenation: مَعْ‧بَد
Noun
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْبَد (ma'bad), from Arabic مَعْبَد (maʕbad).
Noun
مَعْبَد • (ma'bad) m (formal plural مَعَابِد (ma'ābid), Hindi spelling माबद)
- place of worship, temple
- Synonym: عِبادَت گاہ ('ibādat gāh)
- 1990, اَشْفاق اَحْمَد [aśfāq ahmad], قِلْعَہ کَہَانی [qil'a kahānī], Lahore, →OCLC, page 26:
- بھگوان ہوتا تو اس معبد کے اندر ہوتا، دہلیز پر نہ بیٹھا کرتا۔
- bhagvān hotā to is ma'bad ke andar hotā, dahlīz par na baiṭhā kartā.
- If there was a god, he would have been inside this temple, not lingering at the entrance.
- (by extension) a synagogue
Declension
Further reading
- “معبد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “معبد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “معبد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “معبد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “معبد”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “معبد”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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