naip

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. Cognate with Italian naibi.

Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب (laʕib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب (maʕīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnajp]

Noun

naip m (plural naips)

1. playing card

   Synonym: carta f

Descendants

• → Spanish: naipe
  • → Portuguese: naipe

Further reading

• “naip” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “naip”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “naip” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “naip” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English knife.

Noun

naip

1. knife

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نائب (naib), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

Noun

naip (definite accusative naibi, plural naipler)

1. regent
   • 1938 May 5, Anadolu Agency, “Göring”, in Açık Söz, page 1:

     General Göring, orada yazlık ikametgâhında naib prens Paulu ziyaret etmiştir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “naip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN