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نوبة

نوبة

Arabic

Noun

نَوْبَة (nawba) f (plural نُوَب (nuwab))

  1. change, alteration, shift, rotation
  2. turn (one’s turn)
  3. time, instance
  4. case, occasion
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

نَوْبَة (nawba) f (plural نَوْبَات (nawbāt))

  1. fit, paroxysm, attack
  2. crisis
  3. change of the guard, guard duty
  4. bugle call
  5. (Syria) troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Noun

نُوبَة (nūba) f (plural نُوَب (nuwab))

  1. misfortune, calamity, mishap, misadventure, accident, reversal
  2. a musical suite in Arabic music, particularly in the Andalusian tradition as well as elsewhere in the Maghreb
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4