nawab

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From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

So, in the Nawab's absence, she takes professional disguise, and sings with a lute in the harem before his wife. — Studies in Literature and History, Alfred C., Sir Lyall
After it had attained considerable importance, in 1756, it was attacked by the Nawab of Bengal, the king or rajah; and after a siege of two days the place yielded. — Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East, Oliver Optic
The Nizam of Hyderabad; the Maharajah of Travancore; the Nabob of Jubbelpore; the Begum of Bhopal; the Nawab of Mysore; the Ranee of Gulnare; the Ahkoond of Swat's; the Rao of Rohilkund; the Gaikwar of Baroda. — Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World, Mark Twain

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