naibi

(Englisch)

1. (masculine, plural, plural-only) an ancient type of playing cards of Arab origin
2. (archaic, broadly, masculine, plural, plural-only) any playing cards

Mit Bindestrich als

nài‧bi

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈnaj.bi/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Uncertain, but likely ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. Cognate with Catalan naip and its Portuguese and Spanish derivative naipe.