क़िबला-नुमा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبله نما (qibla-numa)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qɪb.lɑː.nʊ.mɑː/, [qɪb.läː.nʊ.mäː], /kɪb.lɑː.nʊ.mɑː/, [kɪb.läː.nʊ.mäː]

Noun

क़िबला-नुमा • (qiblā-numā) m (Urdu spelling قبلہ نما)

1. mariner's compass
2. qibla compass
   • 1797 – 1869, Ghalib :

     है पर-ए-सरहद-ए-इदराक से अपना मसजूद
     क़िबले को अहल-ए-नज़र क़िबला-नुमा कहते हैं

     hai par-e-sarhad-e-idrāk se apnā masjūd
     qible ko ahal-e-nazar qiblā-numā kahte ha͠i

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “किबलानुमा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “qibla”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “क़िबला-नुमा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.