# مناسب
## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from the active participle of نَاسَبَ (nāsaba, “to correspond, to fit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.naː.sib/

### Adjective

مُنَاسِب • (munāsib) (feminine مُنَاسِبَة (munāsiba), masculine plural مُنَاسِبُونَ (munāsibūna), feminine plural مُنَاسِبَات (munāsibāt))
* appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate, convenient
    وَقْت مُنَاسِب ― waqt munāsib ― a convenient time
* fitting, corresponding, conformable, analogous
* fit, worthy
* referring to, belonging to
* matching, suitable
* (mathematics) proportional

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: münasib
* → Northern Kurdish: minasib
* → Persian: مناسب
** → Hindi: मुनासिब (munāsib)
** → Urdu: مناسب
* → Ottoman Turkish: مناسب
** → Turkish: münasip
* → Turkmen: mynasyp
* → Uyghur: مۇناسىپ (munasip)
* → Uzbek: munosib

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مناسب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

### Adjective

مناسب • (münasib)
* suitable
* advisable

#### Descendants

* Turkish: münasib, münasip

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “münasip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مناسب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1984

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [mu.nɑː.siβ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mʊ.nɑː.sɪb]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mu.nɔː.sib̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mo.nɒː.seb̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mu.nɔ.sib]

### Adjective

مُناسِب • (monâseb)
* appropriate, suitable, proper, adequate
    لباس مناسب ― lebâs-e monâseb ― appropriate clothing
* reasonable, moderate
    قیمت مناسب ― qeymat-e monâseb ― reasonable price
* fitting, corresponding, analogous
** c. 1180, Jamāl ud-Din ʿAbd ur-Razzāq Iṣfahāni, “Qaṣīda 11”, in دیوان جمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق‎:فرمان تو با قضا موافق قدر تو بآسمان مناسبfarmān-i tu bā qazā muwāfiq qadr-i tu b-āsmān munāsibYour order is congruent to God's decree, Your stature is akin to the heavens.(Classical Persian transliteration)

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “مناسب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُنَاسِب (munāsib).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mʊ.nɑː.sɪb/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪb
* Hyphenation: مُ‧نا‧سِب

### Adjective

مُناسِب • (munāsib) (Hindi spelling मुनासिब)
* appropriate, fitting
    خوشگوار و مُناسِب ہے وطن خاطر مرنا۔xuśgwār ō munāsib hai watan xātir marna.It is pleasant and appropriate to die for one's homeland.
* suitable, right
* proper

### References

* “مناسب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “مناسب”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “مناسب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مناسب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.