نقصان

Arabic

Root
ن ق ص (n-q-ṣ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuq.sˤaːn/

Noun

نُقْصَان • (nuqṣān) m

  1. verbal noun of نَقَصَ (naqaṣa) (form I)
    • Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi :
      لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِذَا مَا تَمَّ نُقْصَانُ / فَلَا يُغَرَّ بِطِيبِ العَيْشِ إنْسَانُ
      likulli šayʔin ʔiḏā mā tamma nuqṣānu / falā yuḡarra biṭībi l-ʕayši ʔinsānu
  2. decrease, diminution
  3. loss, damage
  4. shortage

Declension

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic نُقْصَان (nuqṣān).

Pronunciation

Noun

نُقْصان • (nuqsān) m (Hindi spelling नुक़सान)

  1. loss, harm, harmful
  2. disadvantage, drawback, downside

References

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نقصان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “نقصان”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • نقصان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نقصان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • نقصان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نقصان”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu نقصان (nuqsān).

Noun

نقصان (nuqsān)

  1. loss, harm, harmful
  2. disadvantage, drawback, downside
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