Etymology of the French word nabab
the French word
nababderived from the Arabic word
nuwwabderived from the Arabic word
na'ibderived from the Arabic word
na’ibDate
The earliest known usage of nabab in French dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in French
nababieDerivations in other languages
Romanian
nababCognates
Danish
nabob, Dutch
nabob, English
nabob, German
Nabob, Norwegian
nabob
