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nawab

noun
/nəˈwɑːb/

Etymology

From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

  1. derived from نُوَّاب
  2. derived from نوّاب
  3. derived from نواب
  4. derived from नवाब

Definitions

  1. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal…

    A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus…

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

The neighborhood

Derived

anomalous nawab, blue nawab, China nawab, common nawab, great nawab, jewelled nawab, nawabship, pallid nawab, plain nawab, stately nawab, Staudinger's nawab, Sulawesi blue nawab, tailed nawab

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