Etymology

qibla

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Today it means: The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined as the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. Full definition →

Arabic قِبْلَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromقِبْلَة
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromقِبْلَة
  3. English todayqibla

Borrowed from Arabic قِبْلَة (qibla, “which is opposite”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.