nábob

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the German Nabob, from English nabob, from the Hindi नवाब (navāb, deputy ruler).

Pronunciation

Noun

nábob (plural nábobok)

  1. nabob, nawab (an Indian ruler)
  2. nabob, nawab (a rich person)
    See synonyms at gazdag.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative nábob nábobok
accusative nábobot nábobokat
dative nábobnak náboboknak
instrumental nábobbal nábobokkal
causal-final nábobért nábobokért
translative nábobbá nábobokká
terminative nábobig nábobokig
essive-formal nábobként nábobokként
essive-modal
inessive nábobban nábobokban
superessive nábobon nábobokon
adessive nábobnál náboboknál
illative nábobba nábobokba
sublative nábobra nábobokra
allative nábobhoz nábobokhoz
elative nábobból nábobokból
delative nábobról nábobokról
ablative nábobtól náboboktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular
nábobé náboboké
non-attributive
possessive – plural
nábobéi nábobokéi
Possessive forms of nábob
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nábobom nábobjaim
2nd person sing. nábobod nábobjaid
3rd person sing. nábobja nábobjai
1st person plural nábobunk nábobjaink
2nd person plural nábobotok nábobjaitok
3rd person plural nábobjuk nábobjaik

Further reading

  • nábob in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN