Nisba (onomastics)
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Nisba (onomastics)
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In Arabic names, a nisba, also rendered as nesba or nesbat, is an adjective surname indicating the person's place of origin, ancestral tribe, or ancestry, used at the end of the name and occasionally ending in the suffix -iyy for males and -iyyah for females. Nisba, originally an Arabic word, has been passed to many other languages such as Turkish, Persian, Bengali and Urdu. In Persian, Turkish, and Urdu usage, it is always pronounced and written as nisbat. In Arabic usage, that pronunciation oc
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Element in Arabic names denoting place of origin, tribal affiliation, or ancestry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisba_(onomastics)
date created:
2006-06-29T20:01:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T20:45:58Z
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