نجیب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Adjective

نجیب • (necîb) (feminine نجیبه, common plural نجبا)

1. noble, of high lineage

Descendants

• Turkish: necip

Proper noun

نجیب • (Necîb)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

• Turkish: Necip

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نجیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2073

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈd͡ʒiːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.d͡ʒíːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.d͡ʒíːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.d͡ʒíːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.d͡ʒíb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.d͡ʒíːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.d͡ʒíb]

Readings
Classical reading?	najīḇ
Dari reading?	najīb
Iranian reading?	najib
Tajik reading?	najib

Adjective

Dari	نجیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	наҷиб

نجیب • (najib)

1. noble

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.d͡ʒiːb/

Adjective

نَجِیب • (najīb) (Hindi spelling नजीब)

1. generous
2. excellent
3. of noble birth, noble, praiseworthy, honourable

Noun

نَجِیب • (najīb) m (Hindi spelling नजीब)

1. a hero
2. a subaltern
3. a volunteer
4. a class of Indian soldiers (who are distinguished by a peculiar dress), irregular troops
5. a jail-guard

Further reading

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