Word of the Day:
nawab
What It Means
A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).
Nawab in Context
“The nawabs of Bhopal, Ranput, Murshidabad, and Dhaka, along with the nizam of Hyderabad, all affirmed that the sultan has misled Muslims with his “erroneous” call to jihad and insisted that Indian Muslims had a duty to support Great Britain.”
Did You Know?
From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).
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