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naib

naib noun: a deputy.

Noun

naib (plural naibs)

  1. (India, historical) A deputy.

naib meaning in Hindi and Urdu

naib in Hindi

naib; deputy, regent
नायब nāyab

naib in Urdu

naib, viceroy, deputy
نائب nāib

Forms of naib

pluralnaibs
alternative formnayab

Origin of naib

From Urdu نائب (nāib) / Hindi नाइब (nāib), नायब (nāyab), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

Questions about naib

What does naib mean?
Naib means a deputy.
What is naib in Hindi?
Naib in Hindi is नायब (nāyab). See Naib meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is naib?
Naib is a noun.
What is the plural of naib?
The plural of naib is naibs.

Words near naib in the dictionary

  1. Naiadian
  2. naiads
  3. naiant
  4. naias
  5. NAIAX
  6. naib
  7. naibor
  8. naibors
  9. naibour
  10. naibours
  11. naibs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: naib (page history and authors); नायब (Hindi) (page history and authors); نائب (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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