See also: نسح

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Of the root ن س خ (n-s-ḵ), from Aramaic 𐡍𐡎𐡇 (nsḥ) / נְסַח (nsaḥ, to take away, to draw off, to eliminate) related to the Arabic root ن ز ع (n-z-ʕ).

Pronunciation

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  • (verb): IPA(key): /na.sa.xa/
    • Audio:(file)
  • (noun): IPA(key): /nasx/

Verb

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نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) I (non-past يَنْسَخُ (yansaḵu), verbal noun نَسْخ (nasḵ))

  1. to transcribe, to copy
  2. (computing) to copy
  3. to abolish
  4. to delete
  5. to abrogate, to invalidate
  6. to repeal, to revoke, to withdraw
  7. to cancel
  8. to substitute, to replace
Conjugation
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Noun

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نَسْخ (nasḵm

  1. verbal noun of نَسَخَ (nasaḵa) (form I)
  2. abolition, abolishment, abrogation, cancellation, invalidation
  3. copying, transcription
  4. Naskh, a cursive style of Arabic calligraphy or font, the one most popular for and characteristic of the Arabic language itself.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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نُسَخ (nusaḵf pl

  1. plural of نُسْخَة (nusḵa)

References

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  • nsḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 1258–1259
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نسخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 272
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “نسخ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2788–2789
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1128
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 29

Persian

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nasx
Dari reading? nasx
Iranian reading? nasx
Tajik reading? nasx

Noun

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Dari نسخ
Iranian Persian
Tajik насх

نسخ (nasx)

  1. abolition
  2. annulment
  3. recantation
  4. (calligraphy) Naskh (style of calligraphy)

Derived terms

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Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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نسخ (nasxf

  1. abolition
  2. annulment
  3. recantation