Where does “نبطشية” come from?
نبطشية (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Egyptian Arabic نبطشي, from Ottoman Turkish نوبتجی, from Ottoman Turkish نوبت, from Classical Persian نوبت, from Arabic نوبة, from Arabic نَابَ — to afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a...
نبطشية (Egyptian Arabic): a military or police patrol
Definitions
- a military or police patrol
Ancestry of “نبطشية”, step by step
نبطشية traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Egyptian Arabic نبطشي
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian Arabic | نبطشي | guard, watchman, patrolman |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | نوبتجی | guard, patrol, man who keeps watch |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | نوبت | guard, patrol, watch, the act of guarding and observing someone or something |
| 4 | Classical Persian | نوبت | — |
| 5 | Arabic | نوبة | change, alteration, shift, rotation; turn; time,... |
| 6 | Arabic | نَابَ | to afflict, to occur; to represent, to act as a... |
via Egyptian Arabic ـية
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egyptian Arabic | ـية | — |