نصاب niṣāb
A نصاب niṣāb [inf. n. of ناصب, iii of نصب 'to erect, establish,' &c.), s.f. A certain estate, or number of cattle, for which the poor-rate or a tax is paid;—root, origin, principle;—capital, principal; property;—dignity;—fortune:—niṣābuʼṣ-sibyān, 'The capital-stock of children,' title of an Arabic vocabulary with a Persian translation in rhyme.
نصب naṣb, vulg. naṣab inf. n. of نصب 'to erect, set up,' c.
A نصب naṣb, vulg. naṣab (inf. n. of نصب 'to erect, set up,' &c.), s.m. Erecting, setting up, establishing, fixing, planting, &c.; establishment, &c. (in Gram.) marking a consonant with the vowel fatḥa (-َ); the vowel fatḥa (in inflexion or declension):—naṣb karnā, v.t. To erect, set up (at, -par), to establish, fix, plant, &c.:—naṣb honā, v.n. To be erected, or set up, &c.
نشيب nisheb, vulg. nasheb
P نشيب nisheb, vulg. nasheb, s.m. A descent, declivity, slope;—lowness (of ground); low ground; a hollow;—adj. Declivous, sloping;—low, hollow:—nasheb-farāz, or nasheb-o-farāz, s.m. Descent and ascent; height and hollow; ups and downs (lit. & fig.); unevenness, roughness, ruggedness;—vicissitudes (of fortune);—good and ill; advantages and disadvantages; profit and loss (syn. ūṅć-nīć);—adj. Low and high, down and up, uneven, rough, rugged.
نسب nasab inf. n. of نسب 'to mention the lineage of,' c.
A نسب nasab (inf. n. of نسب 'to mention the lineage (of),' &c.), s.m. Genealogy; lineage, race, stock, family, caste:—nasab-nāma, s.m. Pedigree, descent; a genealogical tree:—nasab-numā, s.m. (in Arith.) Denominator (of a fraction;—syn. bāṅṭ-baṭāʼū):—nasab-o-ḥasab, s.m. Genealogy and attainments or merits.
نصيب naṣīb v.n. fr. نصب; see naṣb
A نصيب naṣīb (v.n. fr. نصب; see naṣb), s.m. Part, portion; chance, lot; luck, good fortune;—destiny (in Urdū this word is generally constructed as a plural):—naṣīb phūṭnā (-ke, mere, &c.), To be unlucky, or unfortunate:—naṣīb jāgnā or jagnā, naṣīb khulnā (-ke, mere, tere), One's star to be in the ascendant; to be fortunate, to be prosperous:—naṣīb karnā, v.t. To make (a thing) the lot or portion (of, -ko), to allot, apportion:—naṣīb laṛnā (laṛne), Fortune to fight for or to favour (a person), to begin to be prosperous (after adversity);—to try (one's) luck, to be a competitor (for):—naṣīb honā (-ke, mere, &c.), To fall to the lot (of), to have the good fortune (to gain anything); to be destined (for):—bad-naṣīb, adj. Ill-fated, unfortunate:—be-naṣīb honā, To have no luck; to be unfortunate; to be frustrated, to be deprived (of, -se).
