نجیب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Adjective

نجیب • (necîb) (feminine نجیبه, common plural نجبا)

  1. noble, of high lineage

Descendants
  • Turkish: necip

Proper noun

نجیب • (Necîb)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nä.d͡ʒíːb]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nä.d͡ʒíːb]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nä.d͡ʒíb̥]

Readings
Classical reading? najīḇ
Dari reading? najīb
Iranian reading? najib
Tajik reading? najib

Adjective
Dari نجیب
Iranian Persian
Tajik наҷиб

نجیب • (najib)

  1. noble

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

نَجِیب • (najīb) (Hindi spelling नजीब)

  1. generous
  2. excellent
  3. of noble birth, noble, praiseworthy, honourable

Noun

نَجِیب • (najīb) m (Hindi spelling नजीब)

  1. a hero
  2. a subaltern
  3. a volunteer
  4. a class of Indian soldiers (who are distinguished by a peculiar dress), irregular troops
  5. a jail-guard

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