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- Arabic · derived fromنُوَّاب“delegates”
- Arabic · derived fromنَبُوءَة“prophecy”
- English todayNuwaubian
Related to Arabic نَبُوءَة (nabūʔa, “prophecy”) or Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb, “delegates”).
Words from the same roots
Arabicنُوَّاب all →
nawabnabob
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.