"nisba" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nisbas [plural]
Etymology: From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|نِسْبَة}} Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba), {{root|en|ar|ن س ب}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} nisba (plural nisbas)
  1. An Arabic derivational adjective formed with the suffix ـِيّ m (-iyy) / ـِيَّة f (-iyya), or the equivalent construction in another Semitic language. Categories (topical): Semitic linguistics Translations (grammar term): نِسْبَة (nisba) [feminine] (Arabic), Nisbe [feminine] (German), nisbah (Malay), نسبه (nesbe) (Persian), ни́сба (nísba) [feminine] (Russian), нисба (nisba) (Tajik), nispet eki (Turkish), نىسبەت (nisbet) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-nisba-en-noun-nZN~pDXO Disambiguation of Semitic linguistics: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'grammar term': 68 32
  2. The part of an Arabic name consisting in such an adjective.
    Sense id: en-nisba-en-noun-PFRdg-mN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nesba, nisbah, nisbat, nisbe Related terms: -i (alt: English suffix derived from Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy))

Adverb [Italian]

IPA: /ˈni.zba/
Rhymes: -izba Etymology: Sometimes hypothesized to be from German nichts or nix da. Etymology templates: {{bor|it|de|nichts}} German nichts, {{m|de|nix da}} nix da Head templates: {{it-adv}} nisba
  1. (colloquial, regional) nix, none Tags: colloquial, regional Synonyms: nulla, niente, nix [colloquial, humorous]
    Sense id: en-nisba-it-adv-dCBvWF2E Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Regional Italian

Inflected forms

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