nababo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian [Term?], from the honorific plural of Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈba.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈba.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈba.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈba.bu/ [nɐˈβa.βu]

• Hyphenation: na‧ba‧bo

Noun

nababo m (plural nababos, feminine nababa, feminine plural nababas)

1. (historical) nabob (Indian ruler)
2. nabob (someone wealthy and important)

   Synonym: magnata

Derived terms

• nababesco

See also

• marajá