English → Arabic
temple in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- maʿbad
- Arabizi
ma3bad- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- مَعَابِدٌ maʿābid
- Root
- ع ب د
How to use it
معبد means ‘temple’ or ‘shrine’, a building dedicated to worship. It is masculine; its plural is معابد. Often used with religious contexts, both Islamic and pre‑Islamic sites.
Example sentences
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زُرْتُ المَعْبَدَ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ.
zurtu al‑maʿbada li‑ṣalāti a‑ṣ‑ṣubḥi
I visited the temple for the morning prayer.
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المَعْبَدُ يَجْذِبُ السُّيَّاحَ من كُلِّ أَنْحاءِ العَالَمِ.
al‑maʿbadu yajdhibu as‑suyyāḥa min kulli anḥāʾi al‑ʿālam
The temple attracts tourists from all over the world.
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يُقَامُ مِحْفَلٌ فِي المَعْبَدِ لِحَفْلِ الزِّفَافِ.
yuqāmu miḥfalun fī al‑maʿbadi li‑ḥafli az‑zifāfi
A hall is held in the temple for the wedding ceremony.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Kuthodaw Temple.
معبد كوثودا.
Destroy this temple.
دَمّر هذا المعبَد.
A temple in Phnom Penh
معبد في بنوم بنه
Shiva Temple in Vikrampur.
معبد شيفا في بيكرامبور.
When was this temple built?
متى بُني هذا المعبد؟
The plan of the Small Temple is a simplified version of that of the Great Temple.
تصميم المعبد الصغير هو نسخة مبسطة للمعبد الكبير.
I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
ولم أر فيها هيكلا لان الرب الله القادر على كل شيء هو والخروف هيكلها.
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
ولم أر فيها هيكلا لان الرب الله القادر على كل شيء هو والخروف هيكلها.
Don't trust in lying words, saying, Yahweh's temple, Yahweh's temple, Yahweh's temple, are these.
لا تتكلوا على كلام الكذب قائلين هيكل الرب هيكل الرب هيكل الرب هو.
If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
ان كان احد يفسد هيكل الله فسيفسده الله لان هيكل الله مقدس الذي انتم هو.
If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
ان كان احد يفسد هيكل الله فسيفسده الله لان هيكل الله مقدس الذي انتم هو.
Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
لا تتكلوا على كلام الكذب قائلين هيكل الرب هيكل الرب هيكل الرب هو.
Questions and answers
Is معبد only for non‑Islamic places?
It can refer to any place of worship, including historic churches or ancient shrines.
What is the plural form?
معابد (maʿābid).
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