nasab

Examples

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• The study of nasab is important in several societies as it establishes a person's lineage and familial connections.

• Nasab is a key term, although difficult to translate and not common in everyday speech, at least in my experience in Lebanon.

  Academic text (2007)

• In much Islamic discourse, nasab is viewed as the primordial relationship upon which the wider set of relationships of rights and obligations that form human society is built.

  Academic text (2007)

• While there is a general consensus that medical advances in fertility treatment are to be welcomed, there is concern over the possibility of a mixing up of the lines of kinship (here nasab) that are the foundation of society.

  Academic text (2007)

• He proudly shared his nasab, tracing his ancestors back several generations in his family tree.

Synonyms

O

origin

vsnasab

163 2.3

The family background and country where someone’s family comes from

focuses on family background while also involving tracing and recording relatives

A

ancestry

vsnasab

57 4.1

The family you come from over many generations

is broader adding the active tracing or record keeping of ancestors

D

descent

vsnasab

51 4.6

The family a person comes from, for example parents or grandparents

adds the idea of recording or researching ancestor connections

L

lineage

vsnasab

46 5.5

A list of family members who came before you

also covers tracing records and the practice of documenting ancestors

G

genealogy

vsnasab

• Specialized

32 7.4

A record of a family's ancestors and history

is the general concept including family line and the practice of tracing ancestors

P

pedigree

vsnasab

14 5.3

A record of a person or family's ancestors that shows an important background

focuses on ancestry generally not on purity or elite status

L

line of descent

vsnasab

1 3.8

The people in a family who are related by blood across generations

includes that sequence and also the act of tracing family history

Surface Forms

Etymology