Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qurbani

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: qur-bani
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu قُرْبَانی (qurbānī), from Classical Persian قُرْبَانِی (qurbānī), ultimately from Arabic قُرْبَان (qurbān).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قُرْبَانِی, قُرْبَان

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does qurbani mean?: The sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.
Where does qurbani come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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