"nisba" meaning in English

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Noun

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 (or other Afroasiatic) 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-WCPXTmfS Disambiguation of Semitic linguistics: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'grammar term': 68 32
  2. The part of an Arabic name consisting of such an adjective.
    Sense id: en-nisba-en-noun-UWs-OWvm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uyghur translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nesba, nisbah, nisbat, nisbe Related terms: -i (alt: English suffix derived from Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy))

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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