نسبة

العربية

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نسبة¹

  • /nis.ba/

Where it comes from

Verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).

noun نِسْبَة · nisba · نِسَب · النِّسْبَة

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba) (form I)
  2. relationship, affiliation
  3. connection, relation
  4. agreement
  5. ratio, proportion
  6. rate اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.
  7. percentage تَدْرُسُ نِسْبَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ مِنَ ٱلشَّبَابِ فِي ٱلْخَارِجِ.
  8. nisba, a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence, e.g. ـي (-ī, -iyy) m and ـيَة (-íyya) f.

نسبة²

  • /nis.ba.tan/

Where it comes from

Adverbial accusative of نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship”).

adverb نِسْبَةً · nisbatan

  1. in proportion to, in comparison with
  2. in allusion to, after (as in "named after") جَامِعُ الفَاتِحُ سُمَّى نِسْبَةً لِلسُّلْطَانِ مُحَمَّدِ الفَاتِحِ

In English

  • demonym name for an inhabitant or native of a specific place
  • content the amount of material contained
  • quota proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division
  • ratio number representing comparison
  • nisba grammar term

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {نسبة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-نسبة.ogg.