نوبة

Meaning

1. change, alteration, shift, rotation
2. turn (one’s turn)
3. time, instance, case, occasion
4. fit, paroxysm, attack
5. crisis
6. change of the guard, guard duty
7. bugle call
8. troupe of musicians, small native orchestra

Concepts

change

alteration

Nubia

crisis

modification

slump

contraposition

Synonyms

تغيير

تعديل

ضبط

تبديل

تحوير

تغير

تحويل

أزمة

Translations

Änderung

changement

mudança

cambio

Nubien

Krise

canvi

Umänderung

Wandel

Modifizierung

κρίση

αλλαγή

τροποποίηση

Veränderung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/naw.ba/

Etymology

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).