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nisbe

nisbe is the alternative form 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

Forms of nisbe

pluralnisbes

Questions about nisbe

What is nisbe the alternative form of?
Nisbe is the alternative form of nisba.

Words near nisbe in the dictionary

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

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