/kar.ba.ˈlaː/, [kʰäɾ.bä.lɑː], [kʰäɾ.bä.lɑː]
OriginBorrowed from Arabic كَرْبَلَاء (karbalāʔ), a compound of كَرْب (karb) + بَلَاء (balāʔ)
- Karbala (a city in central Iraq, site of the murder of Husayn ibn Ali and major pilgrimage destination for Shiite Muslims)
Formskarbalā(romanization) · karbalâ(romanization) · spelling Карбало(Tajik)