How do you pronounce nawab?

The recorded pronunciation is /nəˈwɑːb/.

nawab

/nəˈwɑːb/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: na-wab
IPA: /nəˈwɑːb/

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Meaning

noun

A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

noun

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

Example Sentences

"Colonel Altamont, the Nawaub of Lucknow’s prime favourite, an extraordinary man, who had, it was said, embraced Mahometanism, and undergone a thousand wild and perilous adventures was at present in this country, trying to negotiate with the Begum Clavering, the sale of the Nawaub’s celebrated nose-ring diamond, ‘the light of the Dewan.’"
"The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support Great Britain."

Etymology

From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: नवाब, نواب, نوّاب, نُوَّاب, ن و ب

Inflected Forms

nawabs (plural)

Derived Forms

nawabship

Phrases

anomalous nawab blue nawab China nawab common nawab great nawab jewelled nawab pallid nawab plain nawab

Frequently Paired Words

nabob naib

Synonyms

nabob

Rhymes With

bob punjab hijab kebab niqab kolob abwab daub aube bedaub pawb