مصیبت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.siː.ˈbat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.siː.bát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.siː.bát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.siː.bát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.si.bát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.siː.bǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.si.bát̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	musībat
Dari reading?	musībat
Iranian reading?	mosibat
Tajik reading?	musibat

Noun

مصیبت • (musībat / mosibat) (Tajik spelling мусибат)

1. calamity, disaster, catastrophe

   Synonyms: فاجعه (fāji'a / fâje'e), سانحه (sāniha / sânehe)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مصیبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مصیبت (musibat), from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.siː.bət̪/

Noun

مُصِیبَت • (musībat) f (Hindi spelling मुसीबत)

1. trouble, distress
2. calamity, disaster, catastrophe (a sudden event that causes great damage)

   مصیبت میں آنا ― musībat mẽ ānā ― to be in a disaster

Declension

Declension of مصیبت

	singular	plural
direct	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتیں (musībatẽ)
oblique	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتوں (musībatõ)
vocative	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتو (musībato)