Nakba

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba, “catastrophe, disaster”), from نَكَبَ (nakaba, “to make miserable”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɑːkbə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑkbə/ Hyphenation: Nak‧ba === Proper noun === the Nakba (politics) The dispossession of land and other property, destruction of society, and suppression of culture and political rights experienced by Palestinian Arabs occuring since the 1948 Palestine war and establishment of the State of Israel. ==== Usage notes ==== The term is primarily used by Arabs; some Jews refer to the same event as the “Israeli War of Independence”. The term is sometimes used with the Arabic definite article اَل (al-, “the”), as Al-Nakba, instead of the English definite article the. ==== Alternative forms ==== nakba, Nacba, Naqba Al-Nakba (with the Arabic definite article) ==== Derived terms ==== Nakba Day ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== 48, 48 Arab (“(Palestinian slang) Arab who resides within Israel”) === Further reading === Nakba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Kanab == Turkish == === Etymology === Arabic نَكْبَة (nakba) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnak.ba/ Hyphenation: nak‧ba === Proper noun === Nakba Nakba Synonym: Nekbe === Further reading === Nakba on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia tr