nisbah
English
Noun
nisbah (plural nisbahs)
- Alternative form of nisba.
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay nisbah, from Classical Malay nisbah, from Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba).[1] The sense in Arabic grammar and Islamic finance are semantic borrowings from the same Arabic word.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnisbah/ [ˈnis.bah]
- Rhymes: -isbah
- Syllabification: nis‧bah
Noun
nisbah (plural nisbah-nisbah)
- (arithmetic, mathematics) ratio:
- Synonym: rasio
- a number representing a comparison between two named things
- the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
- family relationship
- (Arabic grammar) nisba: a common suffix to form adjectives of relation or pertinence
- (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
References
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
Noun
nisbah (Jawi spelling نيسبه, plural nisbah-nisbah)
Further reading
- “nisbah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.