Where does “Nakba” come from?

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

Nakba (Turkish): Nakba

Definitions

  1. Nakba

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 →