منصب

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ن ص ب (n ṣ b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /man.sˤib/

Noun

مَنْصِب • (manṣibm (plural مَنَاصِب (manāṣib))

  1. post, position, office

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْصِب (manṣib)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَنْصِب
manṣib
الْمَنْصِب
al-manṣib
مَنْصِب
manṣib
nominative مَنْصِبٌ
manṣibun
الْمَنْصِبُ
al-manṣibu
مَنْصِبُ
manṣibu
accusative مَنْصِبًا
manṣiban
الْمَنْصِبَ
al-manṣiba
مَنْصِبَ
manṣiba
genitive مَنْصِبٍ
manṣibin
الْمَنْصِبِ
al-manṣibi
مَنْصِبِ
manṣibi
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَنْصِبَيْن
manṣibayn
الْمَنْصِبَيْن
al-manṣibayn
مَنْصِبَيْ
manṣibay
nominative مَنْصِبَانِ
manṣibāni
الْمَنْصِبَانِ
al-manṣibāni
مَنْصِبَا
manṣibā
accusative مَنْصِبَيْنِ
manṣibayni
الْمَنْصِبَيْنِ
al-manṣibayni
مَنْصِبَيْ
manṣibay
genitive مَنْصِبَيْنِ
manṣibayni
الْمَنْصِبَيْنِ
al-manṣibayni
مَنْصِبَيْ
manṣibay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَنَاصِب
manāṣib
الْمَنَاصِب
al-manāṣib
مَنَاصِب
manāṣib
nominative مَنَاصِبُ
manāṣibu
الْمَنَاصِبُ
al-manāṣibu
مَنَاصِبُ
manāṣibu
accusative مَنَاصِبَ
manāṣiba
الْمَنَاصِبَ
al-manāṣiba
مَنَاصِبَ
manāṣiba
genitive مَنَاصِبَ
manāṣiba
الْمَنَاصِبِ
al-manāṣibi
مَنَاصِبِ
manāṣibi

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਨਸਬ (mansab)
    Shahmukhi script: منصب (manṣab)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنْصَبّ (munṣabb), active participle of اِنْصَبَّ (inṣabba).

Adjective

منصب • (münsab)

  1. poured, cast
  2. flowing
  3. forming a mouth (of a river)

Descendants

  • Turkish: munsab, mansap

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mansap”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “munsab”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منصب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1233
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منصب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2004a