nawab

FREQ #26964

发音

其它 /nəˈwɑːb/
其它 /nəˈwɑːb/

词形变化

nawabs 复数 nawabs

别名

nawaab nawaub

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

    历史
  2. 2.

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

nabob

上位词 1

governor

相关短语

jewelled nawab

词源

From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

来源：wiktionary