nesba نسبة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“nesba” (نسبة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning rate, percentage.
Meanings
- rate, percentage
- proportion, share
Usage
A common noun, though in a somewhat more formal register, heard in the news, in economics and in discussions of prices: "nesbet el-fayda" (the interest rate), "nesba mi2awiya" (a percentage). The plural is nisab. The phrase "bin-nesba l-" means "as for, regarding": "bin-nesba liya" (as far as I'm concerned, for me), very frequent in conversation. The phrase is the main thing to remember, as it is far more common in daily speech than the noun alone.
Example
نسبة النجاح في الباك طلعت العام هذا.
nesbet en-naja7 fil-bac tla3et el-3am hedha.
“The pass rate for the bac went up this year.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “nesba” but also “nisba”, “nesbet” and “nasba”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “nesba” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “percentage, rate”; “proportion”: nisba in Moroccan.