مناسبت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Noun

مناسبت • (münasebet) (plural مناسبات)

1. fitness; being proper
2. relation; motive
3. opportunity

Adjective

مناسبت • (münasebet)

1. reasonable

Derived terms

• مناسبتسز (münasebetsiz)

Descendants

• Turkish: münasebet

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “münasebet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مناسبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1984
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /munɑːsabat/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /monɒːsebæt/

Noun

مُناسِبَت • (monâsebat) (plural مُناسِبات (monâsebât))

1. relation, relevance
2. occasion

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مناسبت (munāsabat), from Arabic مُنَاسَبَة (munāsaba).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مُناسَبَت • (munāsabat) f (Hindi spelling मुनासबत)

1. relation, connexion; proportion; analogy; comparison
2. suitableness, fitness; propriety, aptness
3. accordance, correspondence, consistence; expediency; convenience

Further reading

• “مناسبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “مناسبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.