مناسب

Arabic
Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, “to correspond, to fit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.naː.sib/

Adjective

مُنَاسِب • (munāsib) (feminine مُنَاسِبَة (munāsiba), masculine plural مُنَاسِبُونَ (munāsibūna), feminine plural مُنَاسِبَات (munāsibāt))

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate, convenient
    وَقْت مُنَاسِب ― waqt munāsib ― a convenient time
  2. fitting, corresponding, conformable, analogous
  3. fit, worthy
  4. referring to, belonging to
  5. matching, suitable
  6. (mathematics) proportional

Declension
Declension of adjective مُنَاسِب (munāsib)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُنَاسِب
munāsib		 الْمُنَاسِب
al-munāsib		 مُنَاسِبَة
munāsiba		 الْمُنَاسِبَة
al-munāsiba
Nominative مُنَاسِبٌ
munāsibun		 الْمُنَاسِبُ
al-munāsibu		 مُنَاسِبَةٌ
munāsibatun		 الْمُنَاسِبَةُ
al-munāsibatu
Accusative مُنَاسِبًا
munāsiban		 الْمُنَاسِبَ
al-munāsiba		 مُنَاسِبَةً
munāsibatan		 الْمُنَاسِبَةَ
al-munāsibata
Genitive مُنَاسِبٍ
munāsibin		 الْمُنَاسِبِ
al-munāsibi		 مُنَاسِبَةٍ
munāsibatin		 الْمُنَاسِبَةِ
al-munāsibati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُنَاسِبَيْن
munāsibayn		 الْمُنَاسِبَيْن
al-munāsibayn		 مُنَاسِبَتَيْن
munāsibatayn		 الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْن
al-munāsibatayn
Nominative مُنَاسِبَانِ
munāsibāni		 الْمُنَاسِبَانِ
al-munāsibāni		 مُنَاسِبَتَانِ
munāsibatāni		 الْمُنَاسِبَتَانِ
al-munāsibatāni
Accusative مُنَاسِبَيْنِ
munāsibayni		 الْمُنَاسِبَيْنِ
al-munāsibayni		 مُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ
munāsibatayni		 الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ
al-munāsibatayni
Genitive مُنَاسِبَيْنِ
munāsibayni		 الْمُنَاسِبَيْنِ
al-munāsibayni		 مُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ
munāsibatayni		 الْمُنَاسِبَتَيْنِ
al-munāsibatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal مُنَاسِبِين
munāsibīn		 الْمُنَاسِبِين
al-munāsibīn		 مُنَاسِبَات
munāsibāt		 الْمُنَاسِبَات
al-munāsibāt
Nominative مُنَاسِبُونَ
munāsibūna		 الْمُنَاسِبُونَ
al-munāsibūna		 مُنَاسِبَاتٌ
munāsibātun		 الْمُنَاسِبَاتُ
al-munāsibātu
Accusative مُنَاسِبِينَ
munāsibīna		 الْمُنَاسِبِينَ
al-munāsibīna		 مُنَاسِبَاتٍ
munāsibātin		 الْمُنَاسِبَاتِ
al-munāsibāti
Genitive مُنَاسِبِينَ
munāsibīna		 الْمُنَاسِبِينَ
al-munāsibīna		 مُنَاسِبَاتٍ
munāsibātin		 الْمُنَاسِبَاتِ
al-munāsibāti

Descendants

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Adjective

مناسب • (münasib)

  1. suitable
  2. advisable

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mu.nɔː.sib̥]

Readings
Classical reading? munāsiḇ
Dari reading? munāsib
Iranian reading? monâseb
Tajik reading? munosib

Adjective
Dari مناسب
Iranian Persian
Tajik муносиб

مُناسِب • (monâseb)

  1. appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate
    لباس مناسب ― lebâs-e monâseb ― appropriate clothing
  2. reasonable, moderate
    قیمت مناسب ― qeymat-e monâseb ― reasonable price
  3. fitting, corresponding, analogous
    • c. 1180, Jamāl ud-Din ʿAbd ur-Razzāq Iṣfahāni, “Qaṣīda 11”, in دیوان جمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق‎:
      فرمان تو با قضا موافق
      قدر تو بآسمان مناسب
      farmān-i tu bā qazā muwāfiq
      qadr-i tu b-āsmān munāsib
      Your order is congruent to God's decree,
      Your stature is akin to the heavens.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊ.nɑː.sɪb/
  • Rhymes: -ɪb
  • Hyphenation: مُ‧نا‧سِب

Adjective

مُناسِب • (munāsib) (Hindi spelling मुनासिब)

  1. appropriate, fitting
    خوشگوار و مُناسِب ہے وطن خاطر مرنا۔
    xuśgwār ō munāsib hai watan xātir marna.
    It is pleasant and appropriate to die for one's homeland.
  2. suitable, right
  3. proper

References
  • “مناسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مناسب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مناسب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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