Where does “نكبة” come from?
نكبة (Arabic) comes from Arabic نَكَبَ, from Arabic ك, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
نكبة (Arabic): catastrophe, disaster; failure, fiasco
Definitions
- catastrophe, disaster; failure, fiasco
Ancestry of “نكبة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Arabic | نَكَبَ | to make miserable; to afflict, distress |
| 2 | Arabic | ك | like, as; masculine singular bound object... |
| 3 | Nabataean | 𐢏 | — |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |