nawab

Meaning

  1. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

Translations

nabob

nabab

nabab

nawab

Nabob

nawab

Frequency

26k
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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