Etymology

turbah

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Today it means: A small piece of soil or clay, often in the form of a tablet, used in Islamic prayer to symbolize earth. Full definition →

Arabic تُرْبَة
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromتُرْبَة
  2. English todayturbah

From Arabic تُرْبَة (turba). Doublet of turbeh.

Words from the same roots

Arabicتُرْبَة all →

turbeh

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