नौबत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوبت (nawbat), from Arabic نَوْبَة (nawba).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɔː.bət̪/, [nɔː.bɐt̪]

Noun

नौबत • (naubat) f (Urdu spelling نوبت)

1. condition, circumstances, period (favourable for something to happen); a chance

   हमारी जीत की नौबत अब आ गई है।

   hamārī jīt kī naubat ab ā gaī hai.

   The conditions favourable for our victory have arrived.

2. (music) instruments played at auspicious times

Declension

Declension of नौबत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नौबत naubat	नौबतें naubatẽ
oblique	नौबत naubat	नौबतों naubatõ
vocative	नौबत naubat	नौबतो naubato

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौबत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press