نبات

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Arabic

Root
ن ب ت (n b t)
8 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.baːt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

نَبَات • (nabāt) m (plural نَبَاتَات (nabātāt))

  1. plant, vegetable, vegetation

Declension

Declension of noun نَبَات (nabāt)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبَات
nabāt 		النَّبَات
an-nabāt 		نَبَات
nabāt
Nominative نَبَاتٌ
nabātun 		النَّبَاتُ
an-nabātu 		نَبَاتُ
nabātu
Accusative نَبَاتًا
nabātan 		النَّبَاتَ
an-nabāta 		نَبَاتَ
nabāta
Genitive نَبَاتٍ
nabātin 		النَّبَاتِ
an-nabāti 		نَبَاتِ
nabāti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبَاتَيْن
nabātayn 		النَّبَاتَيْن
an-nabātayn 		نَبَاتَيْ
nabātay
Nominative نَبَاتَانِ
nabātāni 		النَّبَاتَانِ
an-nabātāni 		نَبَاتَا
nabātā
Accusative نَبَاتَيْنِ
nabātayni 		النَّبَاتَيْنِ
an-nabātayni 		نَبَاتَيْ
nabātay
Genitive نَبَاتَيْنِ
nabātayni 		النَّبَاتَيْنِ
an-nabātayni 		نَبَاتَيْ
nabātay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal نَبَاتَات
nabātāt 		النَّبَاتَات
an-nabātāt 		نَبَاتَات
nabātāt
Nominative نَبَاتَاتٌ
nabātātun 		النَّبَاتَاتُ
an-nabātātu 		نَبَاتَاتُ
nabātātu
Accusative نَبَاتَاتٍ
nabātātin 		النَّبَاتَاتِ
an-nabātāti 		نَبَاتَاتِ
nabātāti
Genitive نَبَاتَاتٍ
nabātātin 		النَّبَاتَاتِ
an-nabātāti 		نَبَاتَاتِ
nabātāti

Descendants

  • Gulf Arabic: نبات (nabāt)
  • South Levantine Arabic: نبات (nabāt)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نبات (nebat)
  • → Persian: نبات (nabât)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نبت”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Root
ن ب ت
1 term

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m (plural نباتات (nabātāt))

  1. a plant
Derived terms
  • نباتي (nabāti, “vegetable-based; vegetarian”)

Etymology 2

Saffron-flavored nabāt.

From Persian نبات (nabât).

Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m

  1. (uncountable) crystal sugar, rock sugar, sugar candy, rock candy, solidified plain or flavored (usually with saffron) pieces of sugar that can be used as a replacement for sugar in drinks.

See also

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? naḇāt
Dari reading? nabāt
Iranian reading? nabât
Tajik reading? nabot

Noun

نبات • (nabât)

  1. rock candy, rock sugar
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 226:
      ننگ نبات مصرست آن لعل شکرافشان
      یا در میان شهدش یاقوت ناب گویم
      nang-i nabāt-i misr ast ān la'l-i šakar-afšān
      yā dar miyān-i šahdaš yāqūt-i nāb gōyam
      Those sugar-scattering lips put Egyptian candy to shame,
      Or rather, I should speak of a pure ruby in the midst of their nectar.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)
  2. plant, vegetation

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن ب ت
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَبَات (nabāt).

Pronunciation

Noun

نبات • (nabāt) m (collective, singulative نبتة f (nabte), plural نباتات (nabātāt))

  1. (uncountable) plants

Derived terms

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