كبة

Etymology
From the root related to toppling, rolling, or from  in the meatball sense, but this may also be from that root.

Noun

 * 1) a crowd of humans or horses
 * 2) a compression, a crowding, a pushing forward as into battle, vehemence
 * 3) a focal point – such as even of fire

Noun

 * 1) ball, globule, spherule, pellet
 * 2) kibbeh, a meat-heavy dumpling
 * 3)  bubo, plague-tumor
 * 1)  bubo, plague-tumor