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Where does “मुसीबत” come from?

मुसीबत (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian مُصِیبَت, from Arabic مُصِيبَة — calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster.

मुसीबत (Hindi): calamity, disaster, catastrophe

Definitions

  1. calamity, disaster, catastrophe

Ancestry of “मुसीबत”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianمُصِیبَت—
2Arabicمُصِيبَةcalamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster
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