nabob

英['neɪbɒb] 美['nebɑb]
  • n. 地方长官(印度莫卧儿帝国时期);富豪;在印度发财的欧洲人(等于nawab)

中文词源


nabob 莫卧儿帝国时代的地方行政长官

来自阿拉伯语nuwwab,对副高级行政长官的敬称,来自字母根n-w-b,替代,副职。

英文词源


nabob (n.)
1610s, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific plural of na'ib "viceroy, deputy," from base n-w-b "to take someone's place." Also used of Europeans who came home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich man" (1764).