مناسبت

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Noun

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مناسبت (münasebet) (plural مناسبات)

  1. fitness; being proper
  2. relation; motive
  3. opportunity

Adjective

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مناسبت (münasebet)

  1. reasonable

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: münasebet

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “münasebet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مناسبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1984
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُناسِبَت (monâsebat) (plural مُناسِبات (monâsebât))

  1. relation, relevance
  2. occasion

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian مناسبت (munāsabat), from Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُناسَبَت (munāsabatf (Hindi spelling मुनासबत)

  1. relation, connexion; proportion; analogy; comparison
  2. suitableness, fitness; propriety, aptness
  3. accordance, correspondence, consistence; expediency; convenience

Further reading

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  • مناسبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • مناسبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.