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): [nu.d͡ʒa.ˈβɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊ.d͡ʒä.bɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊ.d͡ʒä.bɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nu.d͡ʒä.bɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [no.d͡ʒæ.bɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nu.d͡ʒä.bɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nujaḇā
Dari reading^?	nujabā
Iranian reading^?	nojabâ
Tajik reading^?	nujabo

Noun


Iranian Persian	نجبا
Dari	نجبا
Tajik	нуҷабо

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/

Noun

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

the noble; the excellent, etc.; 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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