مناسبت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Noun

مناسبت (münasebet) (plural مناسبات)

  1. fitness; being proper
  2. relation; motive
  3. opportunity

Adjective

مناسبت (münasebet)

  1. reasonable

Derived terms

  • مناسبتسز (münasebetsiz)

Descendants

  • Turkish: münasebet

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), münasebet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), مناسبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1984
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُناسِبَت (monâsebat) (plural مُناسِبات (monâsebât))

  1. relation, relevance
  2. occasion

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مناسبت (munāsabat), from Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

Noun

مُناسَبَت (munāsabat) f (Hindi spelling मुनासबत)

  1. relation, connexion; proportion; analogy; comparison
  2. suitableness, fitness; propriety, aptness
  3. accordance, correspondence, consistence; expediency; convenience

Further reading

  • مناسبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), مناسبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • مناسبت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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