نسخة

See also: نسخه

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن س خ (n-s-ḵ). Compare with Hebrew נוסח (nusákh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nus.xa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

نُسْخَة • (nusḵa) f (plural نُسَخ (nusaḵ))

1. copy
2. transcript
3. original, manuscript, proof sheet, impression
4. prescription, recipe
5. written amulet

Declension

Declension of noun نُسْخَة (nusḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُسْخَة nusḵa	النُّسْخَة an-nusḵa	نُسْخَة nusḵat
Nominative	نُسْخَةٌ nusḵatun	النُّسْخَةُ an-nusḵatu	نُسْخَةُ nusḵatu
Accusative	نُسْخَةً nusḵatan	النُّسْخَةَ an-nusḵata	نُسْخَةَ nusḵata
Genitive	نُسْخَةٍ nusḵatin	النُّسْخَةِ an-nusḵati	نُسْخَةِ nusḵati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُسْخَتَيْن nusḵatayn	النُّسْخَتَيْن an-nusḵatayn	نُسْخَتَيْ nusḵatay
Nominative	نُسْخَتَانِ nusḵatāni	النُّسْخَتَانِ an-nusḵatāni	نُسْخَتَا nusḵatā
Accusative	نُسْخَتَيْنِ nusḵatayni	النُّسْخَتَيْنِ an-nusḵatayni	نُسْخَتَيْ nusḵatay
Genitive	نُسْخَتَيْنِ nusḵatayni	النُّسْخَتَيْنِ an-nusḵatayni	نُسْخَتَيْ nusḵatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُسَخ nusaḵ	النُّسَخ an-nusaḵ	نُسَخ nusaḵ
Nominative	نُسَخٌ nusaḵun	النُّسَخُ an-nusaḵu	نُسَخُ nusaḵu
Accusative	نُسَخًا nusaḵan	النُّسَخَ an-nusaḵa	نُسَخَ nusaḵa
Genitive	نُسَخٍ nusaḵin	النُّسَخِ an-nusaḵi	نُسَخِ nusaḵi

Derived terms

• نُسْخَة طِبْق الْأَصْل (nusḵa(t) ṭibq al-ʔaṣl)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: նուսխայ (nusxay), նուսխաթ (nusxatʻ)
• → Indonesian: naskah
• → Kazakh: нұсқа (nūsqa)
• → Ottoman Turkish: نسخه
  • Turkish: nüsha
• → Persian: نسخه
  • → Pashto: نسخه

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نسخة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2789
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “نسخة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 1116

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic نُسْخَة (nusḵa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nus.xa/, [ˈnus.xa]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

نسخة • (nusḵa) f (plural نسخ (nusaḵ))

1. copy
2. transcript