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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani نواب (nvāb) / नवाब (navāb) / Bengali নবাব (nobab) Persian نوّاب (navvâb), from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: на‧бо́б
Noun
набо́б • (nabób) m anim (genitive набо́ба, nominative plural набо́бы, genitive plural набо́бов)
- (historical) nawab
Declension