مناسب

Arabic

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, to correspond, to fit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.naː.sib/

Adjective

مُنَاسِب • (munāsib) (feminine مُنَاسِبَة (munāsiba), masculine plural مُنَاسِبُونَ (munāsibūna), feminine plural مُنَاسِبَات (munāsibāt))

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate, convenient
    وَقْت مُنَاسِبwaqt munāsiba convenient time
  2. fitting, corresponding, conformable, analogous
  3. fit, worthy
  4. referring to, belonging to
  5. matching, suitable
  6. (mathematics) proportional

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), مناسب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Adjective

مناسب • (münasib)

  1. suitable
  2. advisable

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.nɔː.sib̥]

Readings
Classical reading? munāsiḇ
Dari reading? munāsib
Iranian reading? monâseb
Tajik reading? munosib

Adjective

Dari مناسب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муносиб

مُناسِب • (monâseb)

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate
  2. reasonable, moderate
  3. fitting, corresponding, analogous

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.nɑː.sɪb/
  • Rhymes: -ɪb
  • Hyphenation: مُ‧نا‧سِب

Adjective

مُناسِب • (munāsib) (Hindi spelling मुनासिब)

  1. appropriate, fitting
    خوشگوار و مُناسِب ہے وطن خاطر مرنا۔
    xuśgwār ō munāsib hai watan xātir marna.
    It is pleasant and appropriate to die for one's homeland.
  2. suitable, right
  3. proper

References

  • مناسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879), مناسب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), مناسب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), مناسب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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