نقصان

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ق ص‎ (n-q-ṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuq.sˤaːn/

Noun

نُقْصَان • (nuqṣān) m

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 šayʾin ʾiḏā mā tamma nuqṣānu / falā yuḡarra biṭībi l-ʿayši ʾinsānu

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. decrease, diminution
3. loss, damage
4. shortage

Declension

Declension of noun نُقْصَان (nuqṣān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُقْصَان nuqṣān	النُّقْصَان‎ an-nuqṣān	نُقْصَان nuqṣān
Nominative	نُقْصَانٌ nuqṣānun	النُّقْصَانُ‎ an-nuqṣānu	نُقْصَانُ nuqṣānu
Accusative	نُقْصَانًا‎ nuqṣānan	النُّقْصَانَ‎ an-nuqṣāna	نُقْصَانَ nuqṣāna
Genitive	نُقْصَانٍ nuqṣānin	النُّقْصَانِ‎ an-nuqṣāni	نُقْصَانِ nuqṣāni

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُقْصَان‎ (nuqṣān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nʊq.sɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

نُقْصان • (nuqsān or nuqsān) m (Hindi spelling नुक़्सान or 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 (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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2022.
• 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, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092