نكبة
Meaning
- catastrophe, disaster
- (specifically) the expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from most of Mandatory Palestine and the destruction of their homes in 1948
- failure, fiasco
Concepts
Translations
afet
ramp
catástrofe
καταστροφή
desastre
catastrophe
calamitas
Naturkatastrophe
calamitat τραγωδίαPronounced as (IPA)
/nak.ba/
Etymology
Instance noun of نَكَبَ (nakaba, “to afflict, distress”).
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