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English
Etymology
From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy, “prophet”).
Noun
nabi (plural nabis)
- (Islam) A prophet of Islam.
Anagrams
Ido
Noun
nabi
- plural of nabo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nabi, from Arabic نَبِيّ, نَبِيء (nabiyy, nabīʔ, “nabi, prophet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nabi (plural nabi-nabi, first-person possessive nabiku, second-person possessive nabimu, third-person possessive nabinya)
- prophet
- (Islam) nabi
Derived terms
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy, “prophet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nabi (Jawi spelling نبي, plural nabi-nabi, informal 1st possessive nabiku, 2nd possessive nabimu, 3rd possessive nabinya)
- prophet
- (Islam) Muhammad
- Synonym: Rasulullah
Affixations
Further reading
Maltese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).
Pronunciation
Noun
nabi m (plural nubjien)
- (obsolete) prophet
Sakizaya
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 鍋 (nabe, “cooking pot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nabi
- cooking pot
Tausug
Noun
nabi
- prophet