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See also: ņaib
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Urdu نائب (nāib) / Hindi नाइब (nāib), नायब (nāyab), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).
Noun
[edit]naib (plural naibs)
- (India, historical) A deputy.
Alternative forms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “naib”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 613.
Anagrams
[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Johor-Selangor, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA(key): /ˈnajeb/ [ˈna.jep]
- (Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /ˈnaib/ [ˈna.ip]
- Hyphenation: na‧ib
Noun
[edit]naib (Jawi spelling ناءيب, plural naib-naib, informal 1st possessive naibku, 2nd possessive naibmu, 3rd possessive naibnya)
Further reading
[edit]- “naib” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]naib (definite accusative naibi, plural naibler)
- Obsolete form of naip.
- (historical) substitute judge
References
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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