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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]
Noun[edit]
naib (plural naib-naib, informal 1st possessive naibku, 2nd possessive naibmu, 3rd possessive naibnya)
- A deputy.
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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