Where does “ܩܒܐ” come from?

ܩܒܐ (Classical Syriac) comes from Arabic قُبَّة, from Aramaic קוּבְּתָא.

ܩܒܐ (Classical Syriac): enclosure, cage; prison cell, solitary...

Definitions

  1. enclosure, cage; prison cell, solitary...

Ancestry of “ܩܒܐ”, step by step

ܩܒܐ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic قُبَّة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقُبَّةsmall tower; dome
2Aramaicקוּבְּתָא—

via Hebrew קַב

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewקַבmeasure of capacity
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