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

  1. catastrophe, disaster; failure, fiasco

Ancestry of “نكبة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicنَكَبَto make miserable; to afflict, distress
2Arabicكlike, as; masculine singular bound object...
3Nabataean𐢏—
4Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop
Every word from Phoenician 𐤒 →Every word from Nabataean 𐢏 →Every word from Arabic ك →