Kaaba

See also: kʼaabaʼ

English

The Kaaba

Alternative forms

• Ka'ba, Kaʻba (stricter transliterations)
• Ka'aba (nonstandard, proscribed)
• Caaba, Cahaba, Qabah (all archaic)

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbə/

Proper noun

the Kaaba

2. (Islam) The nearly cubical stone temple in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam and site of the great hajj assembly.

Hypernyms

• Masjid al-Haram (mosque including the Kaaba)

Translations

cubical stone temple in Mecca

• Albanian: Qabeja
• Arabic: الْكَعْبَة (ar) f (al-kaʕba), الْكَعْبَة الْمُشَرَّفَة f (al-kaʕba l-mušarrafa)
• Azerbaijani: Kəbə
• Bashkir: Ҡәғбә (Qəğbə)
• Bengali: কাবা (bn) (kaba), খানে কাবা (khane kaba), কাবাঘর (kabaghor)
• Bulgarian: Кааба (Kaaba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克爾白／克尔白 (zh) (Kè'ěrbái), 天房 (zh) (Tiānfáng)

• Crimean Tatar: Kâbe
• Danish: Ka'ba
• Dargwa: Кагӏба (Kaʿba)
• Dutch: Ka'aba
• Esperanto: Kaabo
• Estonian: Kaaba (et)
• Finnish: Kaaba
• French: Ka’ba
• German: Kaaba (de)
• Gujarati: કાબા m (kābā)
• Hebrew: כַּעְבָּה f (ka'ba)
• Hindi: काबा (hi) (kābā)
• Hungarian: Kába (hu)
• Icelandic: Kaba
• Indonesian: Ka'bah
• Italian: Ka'ba f
• Japanese: カアバ (Kaaba)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kabe (ku)

• Lithuanian: Kaaba f
• Macedonian: Ќаба f (Ḱaba), Каба f (Kaba)
• Malay: Kaabah
• Marathi: काबा (kābā)
• Norwegian: Kaba
• Persian: کعبه (fa) (ka'be)
• Polish: Kaaba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Kaaba (pt) f
• Rohingya: Kaabá
• Russian: Ка́аба (ru) f (Káaba)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ка́ба f, Ћа́ба f

  Roman: Kába f, Ćába f

• Slovak: Kába f
• Spanish: Kaaba f
• Swahili: Kaaba (sw)
• Swedish: Kaba
• Tajik: Каъба (Kaʾba)
• Tamil: காபா (ta) (kāpā)
• Thai: กะอฺบะหฺ (gà’bàh)
• Translingual: 🕋
• Turkish: Kâbe (tr)
• Urdu: کعبہ (ka'ba)
• Uyghur: كەئبە (ke'be)
• Uzbek: Kaʼba

Further reading

• Kaaba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Akaba, abaka, abaká

Estonian

Proper noun

Kaaba

1. (Islam) Kaaba

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝ːbɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑːbɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Kaa‧ba

Proper noun

Kaaba

1. (Islam) Kaaba

Declension

Inflection of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Kaaba	—
genitive		Kaaban	—
partitive		Kaabaa	—
illative		Kaabaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kaaba	—
accusative	nom.	Kaaba	—
	gen.	Kaaban
genitive		Kaaban	—
partitive		Kaabaa	—
inessive		Kaabassa	—
elative		Kaabasta	—
illative		Kaabaan	—
adessive		Kaaballa	—
ablative		Kaabalta	—
allative		Kaaballe	—
essive		Kaabana	—
translative		Kaabaksi	—
abessive		Kaabatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kaaba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kaabani — accusative nom. Kaabani — gen. Kaabani genitive Kaabani — partitive Kaabaani — inessive Kaabassani — elative Kaabastani — illative Kaabaani — adessive Kaaballani — ablative Kaabaltani — allative Kaaballeni — essive Kaabanani — translative Kaabakseni — abessive Kaabattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kaabasi — accusative nom. Kaabasi — gen. Kaabasi genitive Kaabasi — partitive Kaabaasi — inessive Kaabassasi — elative Kaabastasi — illative Kaabaasi — adessive Kaaballasi — ablative Kaabaltasi — allative Kaaballesi — essive Kaabanasi — translative Kaabaksesi — abessive Kaabattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kaabamme — accusative nom. Kaabamme — gen. Kaabamme genitive Kaabamme — partitive Kaabaamme — inessive Kaabassamme — elative Kaabastamme — illative Kaabaamme — adessive Kaaballamme — ablative Kaabaltamme — allative Kaaballemme — essive Kaabanamme — translative Kaabaksemme — abessive Kaabattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kaabanne — accusative nom. Kaabanne — gen. Kaabanne genitive Kaabanne — partitive Kaabaanne — inessive Kaabassanne — elative Kaabastanne — illative Kaabaanne — adessive Kaaballanne — ablative Kaabaltanne — allative Kaaballenne — essive Kaabananne — translative Kaabaksenne — abessive Kaabattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kaabansa — accusative nom. Kaabansa — gen. Kaabansa genitive Kaabansa — partitive Kaabaansa — inessive Kaabassaan Kaabassansa — elative Kaabastaan Kaabastansa — illative Kaabaansa — adessive Kaaballaan Kaaballansa — ablative Kaabaltaan Kaabaltansa — allative Kaaballeen Kaaballensa — essive Kaabanaan Kaabanansa — translative Kaabakseen Kaabaksensa — abessive Kaabattaan Kaabattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔabaː/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧a‧ba

• Audio:

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Noun

Kaaba f (genitive Kaaba, no plural)

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Declension

Declension of Kaaba [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kaaba
genitive	einer	der	Kaaba
dative	einer	der	Kaaba
accusative	eine	die	Kaaba

Further reading

• “Kaaba” in Duden online
• “Kaaba” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Caaba

Proper noun

Kaaba f

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈaba/ [kaˈa.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: Ka‧a‧ba

Proper noun

Kaaba f

1. Kaaba (cubical stone building in Mecca)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Caaba
• Kaba, Ka'ba

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic كَعْبَة (kaʕba, “cube”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkaba/ [ˈkaː.bɐ], (Spanish influence) /kaˈaba/ [kɐˈaː.bɐ]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: Kaa‧ba, Ka‧a‧ba

Proper noun

Kaaba (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ) (Islam)

1. Kaaba (cubical stone temple in Mecca)

See also

• kubo
• Maka

 

Further reading

• “Kaaba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• abaka