مناسب

Arabic

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, “to correspond, to fit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.naː.sib/

Adjective

مُنَاسِب • (munāsib) (feminine مُنَاسِبَة (munāsiba), masculine plural مُنَاسِبُونَ (munāsibūna), feminine plural مُنَاسِبَات (munāsibāt))

1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate, convenient

   وَقْت مُنَاسِب ― waqt munāsib ― a convenient time

2. fitting, corresponding, conformable, analogous
3. fit, worthy
4. referring to, belonging to
5. matching, suitable
6. (mathematics) proportional

Declension

Declension of adjective مُنَاسِب (munāsib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُنَاسِب munāsib	الْمُنَاسِب al-munāsib	مُنَاسِبَة munāsiba	الْمُنَاسِبَة al-munāsiba
Nominative	مُنَاسِبٌ munāsibun	الْمُنَاسِبُ al-munāsibu	مُنَاسِبَةٌ munāsibatun	الْمُنَاسِبَةُ al-munāsibatu
Accusative	مُنَاسِبًا munāsiban	الْمُنَاسِبَ al-munāsiba	مُنَاسِبَةً munāsibatan	الْمُنَاسِبَةَ al-munāsibata
Genitive	مُنَاسِبٍ munāsibin	الْمُنَاسِبِ al-munāsibi	مُنَاسِبَةٍ munāsibatin	الْمُنَاسِبَةِ al-munāsibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُنَاسِبَيْن munāsibayn	الْمُنَاسِبَيْن al-munāsibayn	مُنَاسِبَتَيْن munāsibatayn	الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْن al-munāsibatayn
Nominative	مُنَاسِبَانِ munāsibāni	الْمُنَاسِبَانِ al-munāsibāni	مُنَاسِبَتَانِ munāsibatāni	الْمُنَاسِبَتَانِ al-munāsibatāni
Accusative	مُنَاسِبَيْنِ munāsibayni	الْمُنَاسِبَيْنِ al-munāsibayni	مُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ munāsibatayni	الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ al-munāsibatayni
Genitive	مُنَاسِبَيْنِ munāsibayni	الْمُنَاسِبَيْنِ al-munāsibayni	مُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ munāsibatayni	الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ al-munāsibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُنَاسِبِين munāsibīn	الْمُنَاسِبِين al-munāsibīn	مُنَاسِبَات munāsibāt	الْمُنَاسِبَات al-munāsibāt
Nominative	مُنَاسِبُونَ munāsibūna	الْمُنَاسِبُونَ al-munāsibūna	مُنَاسِبَاتٌ munāsibātun	الْمُنَاسِبَاتُ al-munāsibātu
Accusative	مُنَاسِبِينَ munāsibīna	الْمُنَاسِبِينَ al-munāsibīna	مُنَاسِبَاتٍ munāsibātin	الْمُنَاسِبَاتِ al-munāsibāti
Genitive	مُنَاسِبِينَ munāsibīna	الْمُنَاسِبِينَ al-munāsibīna	مُنَاسِبَاتٍ munāsibātin	الْمُنَاسِبَاتِ al-munāsibāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: münasib
• → Northern Kurdish: minasib
• → Persian: مناسب
  • → Hindi: मुनासिब (munāsib)
  • → Urdu: مناسب
• → Ottoman Turkish: مناسب
  • → Turkish: münasip
• → Uyghur: مۇناسىپ (munasip)
• → Uzbek: munosib

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Adjective

مناسب • (münasib)

1. suitable
2. advisable

Descendants

• Turkish: münasib, münasip

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “münasip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مناسب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1984

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.nɑː.siβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.nɔː.sib̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.nɒː.seb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.nɔ.sib]

Readings
Classical reading?	munāsiḇ
Dari reading?	munāsib
Iranian reading?	monâseb
Tajik reading?	munosib

Adjective

Dari	مناسب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	муносиб

مُناسِب • (monâseb)

1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate

   لباس مناسب ― lebâs-e monâseb ― appropriate clothing

2. reasonable, moderate

   قیمت مناسب ― qeymat-e monâseb ― reasonable price

3. fitting, corresponding, analogous
   • c. 1180, Jamāl ud-Din ʿAbd ur-Razzāq Iṣfahāni, “Qaṣīda 11”, in دیوان جمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق‎^[3]:

     فرمان تو با قضا موافق
     قدر تو بآسمان مناسب

     farmān-i tu bā qazā muwāfiq
     qadr-i tu b-āsmān munāsib

     Your order is congruent to God's decree,
     Your stature is akin to the heavens.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مناسب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.nɑː.sɪb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb
• Hyphenation: مُ‧نا‧سِب

Adjective

مُناسِب • (munāsib) (Hindi spelling मुनासिब)

1. appropriate, fitting

   خوشگوار و مُناسِب ہے وطن خاطر مرنا۔

   xuśgwār ō munāsib hai watan xātir marna.

   It is pleasant and appropriate to die for one's homeland.

2. suitable, right
3. proper

References

• “مناسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “مناسب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مناسب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.