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مناسب

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Arabic

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Root
ن س ب (n s b)
17 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to correspond, to fit).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مُنَاسِب (munāsib) (feminine مُنَاسِبَة (munāsiba), masculine plural مُنَاسِبُونَ (munāsibūna), feminine plural مُنَاسِبَات (munāsibāt))

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate, convenient
    وَقْت مُنَاسِبwaqt munāsiba convenient time
  2. fitting, corresponding, conformable, analogous
  3. fit, worthy
  4. referring to, belonging to
  5. matching, suitable
  6. (mathematics) proportional

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Adjective

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مناسب (münasib)

  1. suitable
  2. advisable

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? munāsiḇ
Dari reading? munāsib
Iranian reading? monâseb
Tajik reading? munosib

Adjective

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Dari مناسب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муносиб

مُناسِب (monâseb)

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate
    لباس مناسبlebâs-e monâsebappropriate clothing
  2. reasonable, moderate
    قیمت مناسبqeymat-e monâsebreasonable price
  3. fitting, corresponding, analogous
    • c. 1180, Jamāl ud-Din ʿAbd ur-Razzāq Iṣfahāni, “Qaṣīda 11”, in دیوان جمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق[3]:
      فرمان تو با قضا موافق
      قدر تو بآسمان مناسب
      farmān-i tu bā qazā muwāfiq
      qadr-i tu b-āsmān munāsib
      Your order is congruent to God's decree,
      Your stature is akin to the heavens.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.nɑː.sɪb/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪb
  • Hyphenation: مُ‧نا‧سِب

Adjective

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مُناسِب (munāsib) (Hindi spelling मुनासिब)

  1. appropriate, fitting
    خوشگوار و مُناسِب ہے وطن خاطر مرنا۔
    xuśgwār ō munāsib hai watan xātir marna.
    It is pleasant and appropriate to die for one's homeland.
  2. suitable, right
  3. proper

References

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  • مناسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مناسب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مناسب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.