نازلة

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ن ز ل (n-z-l)

Etymology[edit]

Derived from the feminine form of the active participle of the verb نَزَلَ (nazala).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

نَازِلَة (nāzilaf (plural نَازِلَات (nāzilāt) or نَوَازِل (nawāzil))

  1. calamity, affliction, misfortune, disaster
    Synonyms: غَائِلَة (ḡāʔila), دَاهِيَة (dāhiya), نَائِبَة (nāʔiba), بَلِيَّة (baliyya), مُصِيبَة (muṣība)
  2. (Islam) a new issue that has no precedence (in Islamic jurisprudence)

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