nisbah

English

Noun

nisbah (plural nisbahs)

1. Alternative form of nisba

Anagrams

• Bhasin, Bishan, ash-bin, ashbin, banish, bash in, bashin'

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nisbah, from Classical Malay nisbah, from Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba). The sense in Arabic grammar and Islamic finance are semantic borrowings from the same Arabic word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪsbah/
• Rhymes: -bah, -ah, -h
• Hyphenation: nis‧bah

Noun

nisbah (plural nisbah-nisbah, first-person possessive nisbahku, second-person possessive nisbahmu, third-person possessive nisbahnya)

1. (arithmetic, mathematics) ratio:

   Synonyms: nisbah, perbandingan, proporsi, rasio

   1. a number representing a comparison between two named things.
   2. the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
2. family relationship
3. (Arabic grammar) nisba: a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence.
4. (Islamic finance) agreement

Derived terms

• dinisbahkan
• menisbahkan

 

• nisbah aspek
• nisbah campur
• nisbah campur kelembapan
• nisbah kegiatan
• nisbah likuiditas
• nisbah neraca
• nisbah pajak
• nisbah pengisian
• nisbah pengupasan
• nisbah rongga

 

Related terms

• nasabah

 

Further reading

• “nisbah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).

Noun

nisbah (Jawi spelling نيسبه, plural nisbah-nisbah, informal 1st possessive nisbahku, 2nd possessive nisbahmu, 3rd possessive nisbahnya)

1. ratio

Further reading

• “nisbah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.