نقصان
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ن ق ص (n q ṣ) |
| 12 terms |
Etymology
Verbal noun of نَقَصَ (naqaṣa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuq.sˤaːn/
- Rhymes: -aːn
Noun
نُقْصَان • (nuqṣān) m
- 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
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ إِذَا مَا تَمَّ نُقْصَانُ / فَلَا يُغَرَّ بِطِيبِ العَيْشِ إنْسَانُ
- decrease, diminution
- loss, damage
- shortage
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | نُقْصَان nuqṣān |
النُّقْصَان an-nuqṣān |
نُقْصَان nuqṣān |
| nominative | نُقْصَانٌ nuqṣānun |
النُّقْصَانُ an-nuqṣānu |
نُقْصَانُ nuqṣānu |
| accusative | نُقْصَانًا nuqṣānan |
النُّقْصَانَ an-nuqṣāna |
نُقْصَانَ nuqṣāna |
| genitive | نُقْصَانٍ nuqṣānin |
النُّقْصَانِ an-nuqṣāni |
نُقْصَانِ nuqṣāni |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: nöqsan
- → Classical Persian: نُقْصَان (nuqsān)
- → Uyghur: نۇقسان (nuqsan)
- → Uzbek: nuqson
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نُقْصَان (nuqṣān)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /nuq.ˈsaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nʊq.sɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [noʁ.sɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nuq.sɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | nuqsān |
| Dari reading? | nuqsān |
| Iranian reading? | noġsân |
| Tajik reading? | nuqson |
Noun
| Dari | نقصان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | нуқсон |
نقصان • (noqsân)
- deficiency, loss, decrease, shortage
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 805:
- خود حسد نقصان و عیبی دیگر است
بلکه از جمله کمیها بدتر است- xwad hasad nuqsān u 'ayb-ē dīgar ast
balka az jumla kamī-hā bad-tar ast - (But) indeed envy is another defect and fault;
nay, it is worse than all inferiorities.
- xwad hasad nuqsān u 'ayb-ē dīgar ast
References
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نقصان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic نُقْصَان (nuqṣān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nʊq.sɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
نُقْصان • (nuqsān) m (Hindi spelling नुक़सान)
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, 2025.
- 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), from Arabic نُقْصَان (nuqṣān).
Noun
نقصان (nuqsān)