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nisbas

nisbas is the plural of nisba.

Meaning of nisba

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.
  2. The part of an Arabic name consisting of such an adjective.
    • Knowing the nisbas of the litigants and their representatives was the qāḍī's single most important preliminary task.2013, Zouhair Ghazzal, The grammars of adjudication: The economics of judicial decision making in fin-de-siècle Ottoman Beirut and Damascus

Questions about nisbas

What is nisbas the plural of?
Nisbas is the plural of nisba.

Words near nisbas in the dictionary

  1. Nisarga
  2. NiSb
  3. nisba
  4. nisbah
  5. nisbahs
  6. nisbas
  7. nisbe
  8. nisberries
  9. nisberry
  10. nisbes
  11. Nisbet

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