نجبا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء‎ (nujabāʔ).

Adjective

نجبا • (nücebâ)

plural of نجیب‎ (necîb)

Descendants

Turkish: nüceba

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “نجبا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2072

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء‎ (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nud͡ʒaˈbɑː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /nʊd͡ʒaˈbɑː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /nod͡ʒæˈbɒː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /nud͡ʒaˈbɔ/

Noun

Iranian Persian	نجبا
Dari	نجبا
Tajik	нуҷабо (nujabo)

نجبا • (nojabâ)

the nobles, the nobility

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “نجبا”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء‎ (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nʊ.d͡ʒə.bɑː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /nʊ.d͡ʒə.bɑː/

Noun

نُجَبا • (nujabā) m pl (Hindi spelling नुजबा)

the noble; the excellent, &c.; nobles; heroes

Further reading

Platts, John T. (1884), “نجبا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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