Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kerbela

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ker-bela
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Karbala, a city in Iraq.

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كربلا, from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (Karbalāʔ) of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: كربلا, ⁧كَرْبَلَاء⁩

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

Questions

What does kerbela mean?
Synonym of Karbala, a city in Iraq.
Where does kerbela come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

How to pronounce kerbela

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