নবাব

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • নওয়াব (nowab)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نواب (navāb), from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib).

Noun

নবাব (nôbab) (objective নবাব (nobab) or নবাবকে (nobaboke), genitive নবাবের (nobaber), locative নবাবে (nobabe))

  1. (historical) nabob, nawab

Derived terms

  • নবাবজাদা (nôbabzada)
  • নবাবজাদী (nôbabzadī)
  • নবাবী (nobabi)
  • ফতো নবাব (phôto nôbab)
  • বাক্য নবাব (bakkô nôbab)
  • হঠাৎ নবাব (hôṭhat nôbab)

Descendants

  • English: nabob

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.