नायब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नाइब (nāib)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː.jəb/, [näː.jɐb]

Noun

नायब • (nāyab) m (Urdu spelling نائب)

1. naib; deputy, regent

Declension

Declension of नायब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नायब nāyab	नायब nāyab
oblique	नायब nāyab	नायबों nāyabõ
vocative	नायब nāyab	नायबो nāyabo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नायब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press