Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, deputy), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

naip m (plural naips)

  1. playing card
    Synonym: carta

Descendants edit

  • Spanish: naipe

Further reading edit

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English knife.

Noun edit

naip

  1. knife

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish نائب (naib), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

Noun edit

naip (definite accusative naibi, plural naipler)

  1. regent
    • 1938 May 5, Anadolu Agency, “Göring”, in Açık Söz, page 1:
      General Göring, orada yazlık ikametgâhında naib prens Paulu ziyaret etmiştir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “naip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN