nawab
Plural: nawabs
Noun
- A powerful and wealthy Muslim official in India.
- a governor in India during the Mogul empire
- 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).
Examples
- He played NAWAB for a high score, feeling like a powerful ruler of the Scrabble board.
Origin / Etymology
From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
nawab: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordnawab: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nawab: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
nawab: valid Words With Friends Word