Nisba

Japanese: nisba
Nisba

...There are many cases where the title of a job is also a person's name (e.g., attar - drug dealer, hammami - bathhouse). In addition to their real names, Arabs often use shuhra (nickname), laqab (honorific title), kunya (suffix), nisba (derived name), dal' (nickname), etc. In directories of names, the real name and shuhra are written together, but if there are other people with the same name, the shuhra is used to distinguish them. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "nisba" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…職名が人名となっているもの(例,アッタール――薬種商,ハンマーミー――風呂屋)も少なくない。 アラブ人は実名のほかにシュフラshuhra(通り名),ラカブlaqab(尊称),クンヤkunya(添え名),ニスバnisba(由来名),ダルーdal‘(愛称)などをよく使う。人名録などをみると実名とシュフラが併記されているが,ほかの同名の人間がいる場合はシュフラによって区別する。…

※「nisba」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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