نجیب
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).
Adjective edit
نجیب • (necîb) (feminine نجیبه, common plural نجبا)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: necip
Proper noun edit
نجیب • (Necîb)
- a male given name from Arabic
Descendants edit
- Turkish: Necip
Further reading edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نجیب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2073
Persian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [na.ˈd͡ʒiːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ.d͡ʒíːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [nä.d͡ʒíb]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | najīḇ |
Dari reading? | najīb |
Iranian reading? | najib |
Tajik reading? | najib |
Adjective edit
Dari | نجیب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | наҷиб |
نجیب • (najib)
Further reading edit
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “نجیب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.d͡ʒiːb/
Adjective edit
نَجِیب • (najīb) (Hindi spelling नजीब)
Noun edit
نَجِیب • (najīb) m (Hindi spelling नजीब)
- a hero
- a subaltern
- a volunteer
- a class of Indian soldiers (who are distinguished by a peculiar dress), irregular troops
- a jail-guard
Further reading edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “نجیب”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.