different between naqba vs nakba

English

From Arabic ???????? (nakba, “disaster, catastrophe”); see Nakba for more.

nakba

Alternative letter-case form of Nakba
- 2009, Sumantra Bose, Contested lands ?ISBN, page 262
  Indeed, violence broke out in the occupied territories in mid-May 2000 as Palestinians observed the anniversary of the 1948 nakba—these disturbances paled in comparison to the second intifada, which erupted in the autumn.

nakba (plural nakbas)

In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
- 2000, Arab American Voices, page 45:
  A second nakba happened after the 1967 Six Day War, when Israel captured Arab land that belonged to Jordan and Egypt; another 325,000 Palestinians left their homes.

nakba f (plural nakbas)

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