naib

From Urdu نائب (nāib) / Hindi नाइब (nāib), नायब (nāyab), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

naib (plural naibs)

1. (India, historical) A deputy.

• nayab

• nabob

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “naib”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 613.

• AIBN, Bain, Bian, Bina, IBAN, Iban, Nabi, bain, bani, nabi

From Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib)

naib (plural naib-naib, informal 1st possessive naibku, 2nd possessive naibmu, 3rd possessive naibnya)

1. A deputy.

• “naib” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

naib (definite accusative naibi, plural naibler)

1. Obsolete form of naip.
2. (historical) substitute judge

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN