نایب

Persian

Alternative forms

• نائب (nâ'eb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nɑː.ˈjiβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.jɪ́b]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nɑː.jɪ́b]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.jɪ́b]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.jíb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nɒː.jéb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nɔ.jíb]

Readings
Classical reading?	nāyiḇ
Dari reading?	nāyib
Iranian reading?	nâyeb
Tajik reading?	noyib

Noun

نایب • (nâyeb) (plural نایب‌ها (nâyeb-hâ) or نایبان (nâyebân) or نواب (novvâb))

1. representative; delegate; deputy
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 226:

     آن که جان بخشد اگر بکشد رواست
     نایب است و دست او دست خداست

     ān ki jān baxšad agar bikušad rawā-st
     nāyib ast u dast-i ō dast-i xudā-st

     If one who bestows [spiritual] life should slay, it is allowable: he is the [Divine] vicegerent, and his hand is the hand of God.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

2. (in compounds, often unadapted from Arabic) vice-

   نایب‌السلطنه ― nâyeb-os-saltane ― viceroy

Descendants

• → Bengali: নায়েব (naẏeb)
• → Hindustani: nāyab
  • Hindi: नायब
  • Urdu: نائب