qabw

underground shelter, vaulted ceiling, arch

قَبْو

Word

Noun · pattern فَعْل

Root

ق ب و

Forms

Plural: أَقْبِيَة

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فإذا شيخ عليه أقبية ضيقة دنسة، وعلى رأسه عمامة، وهو مشدود الوسط بمنديل، فسلم عليه الوزير وسلمت عليه ولم أعرف انه الملك.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries

قبو Open entry

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قَبَآءٌ A kind of tunic, resembling the قَفْتَانٌ, generally reaching to the middle of the shank, divided down the front, and...

[A kind of tunic, resembling the قَفْتَانٌ, generally reaching to the middle of the shank, divided down the front, and made to overlap over the chest. So in the present day. See also Dozy, Dict. des noms de vêtements, pp. 352-62.]

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