naip

Concepts

playing card

card

deck

Synonyms

carta

baralla

Translations

naipe

carte à jouer

carte

carta de baralho

baraja

carta da gioco

τραπουλόχαρτο

cartas

speelkaart

Spielkarte

Karte

carta

carta

charta ludi

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnajp]

Etymology

Cognate with Italian: naibi

In summary

Uncertain, but likely ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. Cognate with Italian naibi.
Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب (laʕib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب (maʕīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.