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語源

Hindi [Term?], from Arabic نَجِيب‎ (najīb, “noble”).

名詞

Nujeeb (複数形 Nujeebs)

1. (India, historical) A kind of half-disciplined infantry soldier under some of the native governments; also at one time a kind of militia under the British, receiving this honorary title as being gentlemen volunteers.

別の表記

• Nezib, Nujib

Further reading

• Henry Yule, Arthur Burnell (1903), “Nujeeb”, in Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, page 631