नौबत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nawbat), from Arabic نَوْبَة (nawba).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɔː.bət̪/, [nɔː.bɐt̪]

Noun

नौबत • (naubat) f (Urdu spelling نوبت)

condition, circumstances, period (favourable for something to happen); a chance
हमारी जीत की नौबत अब आ गई है।
hamārī jīt kī naubat ab ā gaī hai.
The conditions favourable for our victory have arrived.
(music) instruments played at auspicious times

Declension

Declension of नौबत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नौबत naubat	नौबतें naubatẽ
oblique	नौबत naubat	नौबतों naubatõ
vocative	नौबत naubat	नौबतो naubato

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौबत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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