nakba

English - English

Definition of nakba in English English dictionary

The foundation of the State of Israel and subsequent departure of most of the Arab Palestinian among its residents, perceived as a catastrophe by many Palestinians and others

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of nakba in Turkish Turkish dictionary

(Osmanlı Dönemi) Tabanı aşınmış deve

israil'in kuruşuş gününde, Filistinliler'in felaket günü anlamında verdikleri ad

Hyphenation

nak·ba

Etymology

() From Arabic نَكْبَة (nákba, “disaster, catastrophe”) from نَكَبَ (nákaba, “to make miserable”).