نشأ

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نشأ

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Inherited from Proto-Semitic *naśaʔ- (“lift, raise”). Compare Ge'ez ነሥአ (näśʾä, “to lift, to take”), Akkadian 𒈾𒋗𒌑𒌝 (našûm) and Biblical Hebrew נָשָׂא (nɔśɔʾ).

verb نَشَأَ · našaʔa · يَنْشَأُ · نَشْء · نُشُوء · نَشَاء

  1. to be raised, to be lifted, to rise up
  2. intransitive to grow, to grow up, to be brought up
  3. to originate, to exist, to live
  4. to occur, especially to arise in the mind, to have a thought occur to someone, to have an event come up

verb نَشَّأَ · naššaʔa · يُنَشِّئُ · تَنْشِئَة · مُنَشِّئ

  1. to nurture
  2. to raise
  3. to bring up

In English

  • grow up to mature and become an adult

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"نشأ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A3. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

نشأ. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A3

Chicago

"نشأ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A3.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نشأ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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