نوبة

See also: نوبه

Arabic

Root
ن و ب (n-w-b)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naw.ba/

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of the verb نَابَ (nāba, “to afflict, to occur”). The sense of a troupe of musicians is probably a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish نوبت (nevbet, nöbet).

Noun

نَوْبَة • (nawba) f (plural نَوْبَات (nawbāt) or نُوَب (nuwab))

change, alteration, shift, rotation
turn (one’s turn)
time, instance, case, occasion
fit, paroxysm, attack
crisis
change of the guard, guard duty
- 1835, كتاب القوانين الداخلية المتعلق بمشاة عساكر الجهادية, قانون ٣٤٠, page 80:
  ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
  Field officers and units which are about to leave the barracks are required each one to wear the prescribed apparel after taking up joint guard duty.
bugle call
(Syria) troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
Synonyms: جَوْقَة (jawqa), فِرْقَة (firqa)

Declension

Declension of noun نَوْبَة (nawba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْبَة nawba	النَّوْبَة an-nawba	نَوْبَة nawbat
Nominative	نَوْبَةٌ nawbatun	النَّوْبَةُ an-nawbatu	نَوْبَةُ nawbatu
Accusative	نَوْبَةً nawbatan	النَّوْبَةَ an-nawbata	نَوْبَةَ nawbata
Genitive	نَوْبَةٍ nawbatin	النَّوْبَةِ an-nawbati	نَوْبَةِ nawbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْبَتَيْن nawbatayn	النَّوْبَتَيْن an-nawbatayn	نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay
Nominative	نَوْبَتَانِ nawbatāni	النَّوْبَتَانِ an-nawbatāni	نَوْبَتَا nawbatā
Accusative	نَوْبَتَيْنِ nawbatayni	النَّوْبَتَيْنِ an-nawbatayni	نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay
Genitive	نَوْبَتَيْنِ nawbatayni	النَّوْبَتَيْنِ an-nawbatayni	نَوْبَتَيْ nawbatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَوْبَات‎; نُوَب nawbāt‎; nuwab	النَّوْبَات‎; النُّوَب an-nawbāt‎; an-nuwab	نَوْبَات‎; نُوَب nawbāt‎; nuwab
Nominative	نَوْبَاتٌ‎; نُوَبٌ nawbātun‎; nuwabun	النَّوْبَاتُ‎; النُّوَبُ an-nawbātu‎; an-nuwabu	نَوْبَاتُ‎; نُوَبُ nawbātu‎; nuwabu
Accusative	نَوْبَاتٍ‎; نُوَبًا nawbātin‎; nuwaban	النَّوْبَاتِ‎; النُّوَبَ an-nawbāti‎; an-nuwaba	نَوْبَاتِ‎; نُوَبَ nawbāti‎; nuwaba
Genitive	نَوْبَاتٍ‎; نُوَبٍ nawbātin‎; nuwabin	النَّوْبَاتِ‎; النُّوَبِ an-nawbāti‎; an-nuwabi	نَوْبَاتِ‎; نُوَبِ nawbāti‎; nuwabi

Descendants

Maltese: newba
→ Middle Armenian: նոպայ (nopay)
- → Armenian: նոպա (nopa)
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܘܒܵܐ (nāwbā)
→ French: nouba
→ Persian: نوبت (nowbat), نوبه (nowbe)
- → Azerbaijani:
  Cyrillic script: нөвбә, нөвбәт
  Latin script: növbə, növbət
- → Bengali: নওবৎ (noōbot)
- → Old Hindi:
  - Hindi: नौबत (naubat)
  - Urdu: نوبت (naubat)
- → Kazakh:
  Arabic script: ناۋبەت
  Cyrillic script: нәубет (näubet)
- → Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet)
  - Turkish: nöbet
  - → Armenian: նէօպէթ (nēōpētʻ)
  - → Georgian: ნობეთი (nobeti) — Chveneburi
  - → Laz: ნობეთი (nobeti)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਨੌਬਤ (naubat)
  Shahmukhi script: نَوْبَت (naubat)
- → Russian: наба́т (nabát)
- → Sindhi: نوبت
- → Tatar: нәүбәт (näwbät)
- → Uzbek:
  Cyrillic script: навбат (navbat)
  Latin script: navbat

Noun

نُوبَة • (nūba) f (plural نُوَب (nuwab))

misfortune, calamity, mishap, misadventure, accident, reversal
a musical suite in Arabic music, particularly in the Andalusian tradition as well as elsewhere in the Maghreb

Declension

Declension of noun نُوبَة (nūba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُوبَة nūba	النُّوبَة an-nūba	نُوبَة nūbat
Nominative	نُوبَةٌ nūbatun	النُّوبَةُ an-nūbatu	نُوبَةُ nūbatu
Accusative	نُوبَةً nūbatan	النُّوبَةَ an-nūbata	نُوبَةَ nūbata
Genitive	نُوبَةٍ nūbatin	النُّوبَةِ an-nūbati	نُوبَةِ nūbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُوبَتَيْن nūbatayn	النُّوبَتَيْن an-nūbatayn	نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay
Nominative	نُوبَتَانِ nūbatāni	النُّوبَتَانِ an-nūbatāni	نُوبَتَا nūbatā
Accusative	نُوبَتَيْنِ nūbatayni	النُّوبَتَيْنِ an-nūbatayni	نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay
Genitive	نُوبَتَيْنِ nūbatayni	النُّوبَتَيْنِ an-nūbatayni	نُوبَتَيْ nūbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نُوَب nuwab	النُّوَب an-nuwab	نُوَب nuwab
Nominative	نُوَبٌ nuwabun	النُّوَبُ an-nuwabu	نُوَبُ nuwabu
Accusative	نُوَبًا nuwaban	النُّوَبَ an-nuwaba	نُوَبَ nuwaba
Genitive	نُوَبٍ nuwabin	النُّوَبِ an-nuwabi	نُوَبِ nuwabi

Noun

نُوبَة • (nūba) f

only used in النُّوبَة (an-nūba, “Nubia”)

Declension

Declension of noun النُّوبَة (an-nūba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	النُّوبَة an-nūba	—
Nominative	—	النُّوبَةُ an-nūbatu	—
Accusative	—	النُّوبَةَ an-nūbata	—
Genitive	—	النُّوبَةِ an-nūbati	—

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “نوبة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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