From Urdu نواب (navāb), from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb).
nawaáb m (Perso-Arabic spelling نواب)
- prince (esp. with reference to the ruler of Dir)
aan-decl (Obl): -á, (Pl): ́-aán
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN