نوبت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوبت (nawbat), from Arabic نَوْبَة (nawba).

Noun

نوبت • (nevbet or nöbet) (definite accusative نوبتی (nevbeti, nöbeti), plural نوب (nüveb))

  1. guard, patrol, watch, the act of guarding and observing someone or something
    Near-synonyms: باقمق (bakmak), پاس (pas), حفظ (hifz), طبیعه (tebiʼe), طلایه (tılaye), قره‌غول (karağul), قوللق (kulluk), محافظه (muhafaza), هركش (herküş)
  2. watchman, guard, patrol, sentry, sentinel, a man or mandem keeping watch
    Near-synonyms: بكجی (bekçi), پاسبان (pasban), خاصه‌عسكری (hasa-ʼaskeri), عساكرخاصه (ʼasakir-i-hasa), قواس (kavvas, kavas), نوبتجی (nevbetci, nöbetci), یاساقجی (yasakcı)
  3. shift, turn, a rotational change in position or the practice of rotation itself
    Synonyms: صره (sıra), كشیك (keşik)
  4. (rare) time, a measurement of a quantity of time, as in three times and four times
    Synonyms: دفعه (defʾa), كره (kerre), كز (gez)
  5. fit, a sudden and vigorous appearance of a symptom over a short period of time
  6. military orchestra or concert planned for a specific date or on a specific schedule

Derived terms

  • نوبت آتشی (nöbet ateşi, rolling infantry fire)
  • نوبت ایتمك (nöbet etmek, to work by turns)
  • نوبت ایله (nöbet ile, in turn, by turns)
  • نوبت بكلمك (nöbet beklemek, to mount guard)
  • نوبت كلمك (nöbet gelmek, to have a seizure)
  • نوبت چالمق (nöbet çalmak, for a band, to play its music)
  • نوبتجی (nevbetci, nöbetci, watchman)
  • نوبتخانه (nevbethâne, nöbethâne, sentry box)
  • نوبتداش (nevbetdaş, nöbetdaş, whose turn it is)
  • نوبتكاه (nevbetgâh, nöbetgâh, watchpost)
  • نوبتلمك (nevbetlemek, nöbetlemek, to take turns)
  • نوبتلو (nevbetli, nöbetli, rotational, alternating)
  • نوبتی (nevbetî, nöbetî, man on a turn of duty)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nöbet
  • Armenian: նէօպէթ (nēōpētʻ)
  • Georgian: ნობეთი (nobeti)Chveneburi
  • Laz: ნობეთი (nobeti)
  • Romanian: nobet

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَوْبَة (nawba). Displaced native پستا (pastâ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nawbat
Dari reading? nawbat
Iranian reading? nowbat
Tajik reading? navbat
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Dari نوبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik навбат

نوبت • (nowbat) (plural نوبت‌ها)

  1. turn
    نوبت شماست.
    Nowbat-e šomâst.
    It's your turn.
  2. shift
  3. round
  4. period
  5. intermittence

Derived terms

  • نوبتی (nowbati)

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوبت (nawbat), from Arabic نَوْبَة (nawba).

Pronunciation

Noun

نوبت • (naubatf (Hindi spelling नौबत)

  1. condition, circumstances, period (favourable for something to happen); a chance
    ہماری جیت کی نوبت اب آ گئی ہے۔
    hamārī jīt kī naubat ab ā gaī hai.
    The conditions favourable for our victory have arrived.
  2. (music) instruments played at auspicious times