نوبت

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic نَوْبَة‎ (nawba). Displaced native پستا‎ (pastâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nawbat/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /nawbat/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /nowˈbæt̪ʰ/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /navbat/

Noun

Iranian Persian	نوبت
Dari	نوبت
Tajik	навбат (navbat)

نوبت • (nowbat) (plural نوبت‌ها‎ (nowbat-hâ))

turn
نوبت شماست.‎
Nowbat-e šomâst.
It's your turn.
shift
round
period
intermittence

Derived terms

نوبتی‎ (nowbati)

Descendants

→ Bengali: নওবৎ (noubot)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: नौबत (naubat)
- Urdu: نوبت‎ (naubat)
→ Punjabi: نَوْبَت‎ (naubat)
→ Russian: наба́т (nabát)
→ Sindhi: نوبت‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (nowbat), from Arabic نَوْبَة‎ (nawba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɔː.bət̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /nɔː.bət̪/

Noun

نوبت • (naubat) f (Hindi spelling नौबत)

condition, circumstances, period (favourable for something to happen); a chance
‏ہماری جیت کی نوبت اب آ گئی ہے۔‎‎
hamārī jīt kī naubat ab ā gaī hai.
The conditions favourable for our victory have arrived.
(music) instruments played at auspicious times

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