نسبة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن س ب (n-s-b).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

نِسْبَة (nisba) f (plural نِسَب (nisab))

  1. verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
  2. relationship, affiliation
  3. connection, relation
  4. agreement
  5. ratio, proportion
  6. rate
  7. percentage
  8. (grammar) nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence, e.g. ـي (-ī, -iyy) m and ـيَة (-íyya) f.

Declension

Descendants

  • Bashkir: нисбәт (nisbät)
  • English: nisba
  • German: Nisbe
  • Malay: nisbah
  • Ottoman Turkish: نسبت (nisbet)
    • Turkish: nisbet
  • Persian: نسبه (nesbe)
  • Russian: ни́сба (nísba)
  • Tajik: нисба (nisba)
  • Uyghur: نىسبەت (nisbet)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ن س ب

Etymology

From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nis.be/, [ˈnɪs.be]
  • IPA(key): /nis.ba/, [ˈnɪs.ba]
  • (file)

Noun

نسبة (nisbe) f

  1. relation, proportion, ration
  2. extent, degree, rate

Derived terms

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