نوبة

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نوبة^¹

/naw.ba/

Where it comes from

Verbal noun of the verb نَابَ (nāba, “to afflict, to occur”). The sense of a troupe of musicians is probably a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish نوبت (nevbet, nöbet).

noun نَوْبَة · nawba · نَوْبَات · نُوَب · النَّوْبَة

change, alteration, shift, rotation
turn (one’s turn)
time, instance, case, occasion
fit, paroxysm, attack
crisis
change of the guard, guard duty ضباط الصف والأنفار الذين بصدد الخروج من القشلة يشرع كل واحد منهم في لبس قيافته المقننة بعد ضرب نوبة الجمعية.
bugle call
troupe of musicians, small native orchestra
Similar: جَوْقَة, فِرْقَة

noun نُوبَة · nūba · نُوَب · النُّوبَة

misfortune, calamity, mishap, misadventure, accident, reversal
a musical suite in Arabic music, particularly in the Andalusian tradition as well as elsewhere in the Maghreb

نوبة^²

/naw.ba/

noun نُوبَة · nūba · - · النُّوبَة

only used in النُّوبَة (an-nūba, “Nubia”)

In English

turn chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others
shift change of workers
paroxysm period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an ill

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نوبة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}