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يانَصِيب
lottery /jaː.naˈsˤiːb/
nounB2#4244 most common
Also: raffle, lottery ticket
Example sentences
اشتريت تذكرة يانصيب.
I bought a lottery ticket.
فاز أحمد بجائزة اليانصيب الكبرى.
Ahmed won the lottery's grand prize.
تُقام سحوبات اليانصيب كل شهر في هذا البلد.
Lottery draws are held every month in this country.
يشكك كثيرون في شرعية اليانصيب من الناحية الدينية.
Many people question the religious legitimacy of the lottery.
خصصت الحكومة عائدات اليانصيب الخيري لدعم المستشفيات العامة.
The government allocated the charitable lottery's proceeds to support public hospitals.
على الرغم من الجدل الفقهي المستمر حول اليانصيب، ما زالت مؤسسات خيرية عدة تعتمد عليه كمصدر رئيسي للتمويل.
Despite the ongoing juristic debate over the lottery, several charitable organizations still rely on it as a main source of funding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | يانَصِيبٌ | يانَصِيباتٌ |
| Genitive | يانَصِيبٍ | يانَصِيباتٍ |
| Accusative | يانَصِيباً | يانَصِيباتٍ |
| Vocative | يا يانَصِيبُ | يا يانَصِيباتُ |
Word family
نصيبshare, portion, lot in fate
نصبto erect, set up, appoint
منصبposition, post, office
تنصيبinstallation, inauguration
منصوبerected; set in the accusative case (grammar)
Etymology
Yānaṣīb entered Arabic through Ottoman Turkish, where it was built from Turkish yan, meaning side or extra, joined to the Arabic loanword nasīb, meaning share or portion of fate. The compound described an added, chance-based share handed out beyond one's usual lot, a fitting image for a lottery draw. Arabic later borrowed the whole compound back as a single fixed noun for lotteries and raffles.
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