نبات

Arabic

Root
ن ب ت (n b t)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.baːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

نَبَات • (nabāt) m (plural نَبَاتَات (nabātāt))

1. plant, vegetable, vegetation

Declension

Declension of noun نَبَات (nabāt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبَات nabāt	النَّبَات an-nabāt	نَبَات nabāt
Nominative	نَبَاتٌ nabātun	النَّبَاتُ an-nabātu	نَبَاتُ nabātu
Accusative	نَبَاتًا nabātan	النَّبَاتَ an-nabāta	نَبَاتَ nabāta
Genitive	نَبَاتٍ nabātin	النَّبَاتِ an-nabāti	نَبَاتِ nabāti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبَاتَيْن nabātayn	النَّبَاتَيْن an-nabātayn	نَبَاتَيْ nabātay
Nominative	نَبَاتَانِ nabātāni	النَّبَاتَانِ an-nabātāni	نَبَاتَا nabātā
Accusative	نَبَاتَيْنِ nabātayni	النَّبَاتَيْنِ an-nabātayni	نَبَاتَيْ nabātay
Genitive	نَبَاتَيْنِ nabātayni	النَّبَاتَيْنِ an-nabātayni	نَبَاتَيْ nabātay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَبَاتَات nabātāt	النَّبَاتَات an-nabātāt	نَبَاتَات nabātāt
Nominative	نَبَاتَاتٌ nabātātun	النَّبَاتَاتُ an-nabātātu	نَبَاتَاتُ nabātātu
Accusative	نَبَاتَاتٍ nabātātin	النَّبَاتَاتِ an-nabātāti	نَبَاتَاتِ nabātāti
Genitive	نَبَاتَاتٍ nabātātin	النَّبَاتَاتِ an-nabātāti	نَبَاتَاتِ nabātāti

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: نبات (nabāt)
• South Levantine Arabic: نبات (nabāt)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نبات (nebat)
  • Turkish: nebat
• → Persian: نبات (nabât)
  • → Pashto: نبات (nabāt)
  • → Urdu: نبات (nabāt)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نبت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Root
ن ب ت
1 term

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəbaːt/

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m (plural نباتات (nabātāt))

1. a plant

Derived terms

• نباتي (nabāti, “vegetable-based; vegetarian”)

Etymology 2

Saffron-flavored nabāt.

From Persian نبات (nabât).

Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m

1. (uncountable) crystal sugar, rock sugar, sugar candy, rock candy, solidified plain or flavored (usually with saffron) pieces of sugar that can be used as a replacement for sugar in drinks.

See also

• قند (qand)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈβɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.bɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.bɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.bɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.bɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.bɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.bɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	naḇāt
Dari reading?	nabāt
Iranian reading?	nabât
Tajik reading?	nabot

Noun

نبات • (nabât)

1. rock candy, rock sugar
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 226:

     ننگ نبات مصرست آن لعل شکرافشان
     یا در میان شهدش یاقوت ناب گویم

     nang-i nabāt-i misr ast ān la'l-i šakar-afšān
     yā dar miyān-i šahdaš yāqūt-i nāb gōyam

     Those sugar-scattering lips put Egyptian candy to shame,
     Or rather, I should speak of a pure ruby in the midst of their nectar.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. plant, vegetation

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نبات”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ب ت
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.baːt/, [naˈbæːt]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m (collective, singulative نبتة f (nabte), plural نباتات (nabātāt))

1. (uncountable) plants

Derived terms

• نباتي (nabāti, “vegetable; vegetarian”)