نقصان

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Arabic

Root
ن ق ص (n-q-ṣ)

Pronunciation

Noun

نُقْصَان (nuqṣānm

  1. verbal noun of نَقَصَ (naqaṣa) (form I)
    • Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi :
      لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِذَا مَا تَمَّ نُقْصَانُ / فَلَا يُغَرَّ بِطِيبِ العَيْشِ إنْسَانُ
      likulli šayʔin ʔiḏā mā tamma nuqṣānu / falā yuḡarra biṭībi l-ʕayši ʔinsānu
  2. decrease, diminution
  3. loss, damage
  4. shortage

Declension

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic نُقْصَان (nuqṣān).

Pronunciation

Noun

نُقْصان (nuqsānm (Hindi spelling नुक़सान)

  1. loss, harm, harmful
  2. disadvantage, drawback, downside

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نقصان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “نقصان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • نقصان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نقصان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • نقصان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نقصان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نقصان (nuqsān).

Noun

نقصان (nuqsān)

  1. loss, harm, harmful
  2. disadvantage, drawback, downside