Etymology

nakba

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Today it means: In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback. Full definition →

Arabic نَكْبَة
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nakba · noun, proper noun1

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromنَكْبَة“disaster, catastrophe”
  2. English todaynakba

Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”); see further at Nakba.

Nakba · proper noun2

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromالنَّكْبَة“the catastrophe, the disaster”
  2. English todayNakba

Borrowed from Arabic النَّكْبَة (an-nakba, “the catastrophe, the disaster”), from نَكَبَ (nakaba, “to make miserable”).

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