مصیبت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mu.siː.ˈbat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊ.siː.bát̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.siː.bát̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.si.bát̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.siː.bǽt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.si.bát̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	musībat
Dari reading^?	musībat
Iranian reading^?	mosibat
Tajik reading^?	musibat

Noun

مصیبت • (musībat / mosibat) (Tajik spelling мусибат)

calamity, disaster, catastrophe
Synonyms: فاجعه (fāji'a / fâje'e), سانحه (sāniha / sânehe)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مصیبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (musībat), from Arabic مُصِيبَة (muṣība).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.siː.bət̪/

Noun

مُصِیبَت • (musībat) f (Hindi spelling मुसीबत)

trouble, distress
calamity, disaster, catastrophe (a sudden event that causes great damage)
مصیبت میں آنا ― musībat mẽ ānā ― to be in a disaster

Declension

Declension of **مصیبت**
	singular	plural
direct	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتیں (musībatẽ)
oblique	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتوں (musībatõ)
vocative	مصیبت (musībat)	مصیبتو (musībato)