Where does “नवाब” come from?
नवाब (Hindi) comes from Portuguese nababo, from Urdu نواب, from Arabic نَوَّاب, from Arabic نُوَّاب, from Arabic نَائِب — representative”, “deputy; deputy; naib.
नवाब (Hindi): nabob, nawab
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