Where does “Nakba” come from?

Nakba (English) comes from Arabic نَكْبَة, from Arabic نَكَبَ, from Arabic ك, from Nabataean 𐢏, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.

Nakba (English): The dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs occuring since the 1948 Palestine war and establishment of the State of Israel

Definitions

  1. The dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs occuring since the 1948 Palestine war and establishment of the State of Israel

Ancestry of “Nakba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicنَكْبَةNakba; disaster, catastrophe; disaster,...
2Arabicنَكَبَto make miserable; to afflict, distress
3Arabicكlike, as; masculine singular bound object...
4Nabataean𐢏—
5Phoenician𐤒qoph; qop
Every word from Phoenician 𐤒 →Every word from Nabataean 𐢏 →Every word from Arabic ك →