naibi

Senso (Inglese)

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

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nài‧bi

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈnaj.bi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.