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

 

Readings
Classical reading? najīb
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 • (najībm (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.