نجبا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Adjective

نجبا • (nücebâ)

1. plural of نجیب (necîb)

Descendants

• Turkish: nüceba

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نجبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2072

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nu.d͡ʒa.ˈβɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.d͡ʒä.bɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.d͡ʒä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊ.d͡ʒä.bɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.d͡ʒä.bɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [no.d͡ʒæ.bɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.d͡ʒä.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	nujaḇā
Dari reading?	nujabā
Iranian reading?	nojabâ
Tajik reading?	nujabo

Noun

Dari	نجبا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуҷабо

نجبا • (nojabâ)

1. the nobles, the nobility

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نجبا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nʊ.d͡ʒə.bɑː/

Noun

نُجَبا • (nujabā) m pl (Hindi spelling नुजबा)

1. the noble; the excellent, etc.; nobles; heroes

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “نجبا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.