نکبت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nak.ˈbat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk.bǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk.bǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näk.bǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näk.bǽt̪]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nækʲ.bǽt̪], [nekʲ.bǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nækʲ.bǽt̪], [nekʲ.bǽt̪]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [nekʲ.bǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näk.bǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	nakbat
Dari reading?	nakbat
Iranian reading?	nakbat, nekbat
Tajik reading?	nakbat

Noun

Dari	نکبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	накбат

نکبت • (nakbat)

1. adversity, calamity
2. abomination; something monstrous

Proper noun

Dari	نکبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Накбат

نکبت • (nakbat)

1. the Nakba (the exile of Palestinians in 1948)