nawab
- A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).
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Hyphenated as
na‧wab
Pronounced as (IPA)
/nəˈwɑːb/
Etymology
From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).
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