نوبة

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ن و ب (n-w-b)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verbal noun of the verb نَابَ (nāba, to afflict, to occur). The sense of a troupe of musicians is probably a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish نوبت (nevbet, nöbet).

Noun[edit]

نَوْبَة (nawbaf (plural نَوْبَات (nawbāt) or نُوَب (nuwab))

  1. change, alteration, shift, rotation
  2. turn (one’s turn)
  3. time, instance, case, occasion
  4. fit, paroxysm, attack
  5. crisis
  6. change of the guard, guard duty
    • 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:
      ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
      Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.
  7. bugle call
  8. (Syria) troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
    Synonyms: جَوْقَة (jawqa), فِرْقَة (firqa)
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Noun[edit]

نُوبَة (nūbaf (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
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

نُوبَة (nūbaf

  1. only used in النُّوبَة (an-nūba, Nubia)
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References[edit]

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