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Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck.
Pronunciation
Noun
naip m (plural naips)
- playing card
- Synonym: carta
Descendants
Further reading
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English knife.
Noun
naip
- knife
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish نائب (naib), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).
Noun
naip (definite accusative naibi, plural naipler)
- 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