نجبا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Adjective

نجبا • (nücebâ)

  1. plural of نجیب (necîb)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nüceba

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari نجبا
Iranian Persian
Tajik нуҷабо

نجبا • (nojabâ)

  1. the nobles, the nobility

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نُجَبَاء (nujabāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

نُجَبا • (nujabām pl (Hindi spelling नुजबा)

  1. 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.