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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نسبت (nisbet, nispet, “a relationship, relation, ratio, proportion, spite, spiteful or defiant act”),[1] from Arabic نِسْبَة (nisba, “relationship, affiliation, connection, relation”), verbal noun of نَسَبَ (nasaba).[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani nisbət, Bashkir нисбәт (nisbət), Uzbek nisbat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nisˈpet/
- Hyphenation: nis‧pet
Noun
nispet (definite accusative nispeti, plural nispetler)
- ratio, proportion
- Synonyms: oran, orantı, (dated) tenasüp
- relation, relationship, relevance
- Synonyms: bağıntı, ilgi, ilinti
- (colloquial) An act meant in retaliation or for spite.
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Adverb
nispet
- With the intention to make someone jealous or upset someone.
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