English Words from Arabic
alcove
القُبَّة
al-qubba
Spanish alcoba was a small sleeping room opening off a larger one; French alcôve made it a recess in a wall. The name moved from the vault to the space beneath it.
- Meaning in Arabic
- the vault, a domed room
- Arabic today says
- الكُوَّة، والحَنِيَّة
The path between languagesal-qubba → alcoba → alcôve → alcove
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