Arabic

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Root
ن ع ت (n ʕ t)
2 terms

Verb

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نَعَتَ (naʕata) I (non-past يَنْعَتُ (yanʕatu), verbal noun نَعْت (naʕt))

  1. to describe, to characterize, to bewrite
    • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 51:
      وَنَعَتَنِي بِأَلْفَاظٍ غَيْرِ لَائِقَةٍ، كَانَ فِي حَالةِ هِيَاجٍ جُنُونِيَّةٍ وَٱلشَرَرِ يُقْدَحُ مِن عَيْنَيْهِ، […]
      wanaʕatanī biʔalfāẓin ḡayri lāʔiqatin, kāna fī ḥālati hiyājin junūniyyatin waš-šarari yuqdaḥu min ʕaynayhī, […]
      And he called me unseemly epithets, in a frantic state of commotion, sparks firing from his eyes.
  2. (grammar) to attributize, to qualify, to epithetize

Conjugation

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Noun

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نَعْت (naʕtm (plural نُعُوت (nuʕūt))

  1. verbal noun of نَعَتَ (naʕata) (form I)
  2. description, qualification, characterization
  3. quality, property
  4. attribute
  5. (grammar) adjective, epithet
    Synonym: صِفَة (ṣifa)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نعت (nāt), which is from Arabic نَعْت (naʕt).

Noun

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نَعْت (na’tf (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਾਤ)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نعت (nāt), which is from Arabic نَعْت (naʕt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَعْت (na’tf (Hindi spelling नात)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.

Declension

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Declension of نعت
singular plural
direct نعت (na’t) نعتیں (na’tẽ)
oblique نعت (na’t) نعتوں (na’tõ)
vocative نعت (na’t) نعتو (na’to)

References

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  • نعت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • نعت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Urdu نعت (na’t).

Noun

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نعت (na’t)

  1. (Islam) naat, poem in praise of Holy Prophet Muhammad.