nabob
英 ['ne?b?b]
美['nebɑb]
- n. 地方長(zhǎng)官（印度莫臥兒帝國(guó)時(shí)期）；富豪；在印度發(fā)財(cái)?shù)臍W洲人（等于nawab）
中文詞源
nabob 莫臥兒帝國(guó)時(shí)代的地方行政長(zhǎng)官
來(lái)自阿拉伯語(yǔ)nuwwab,對(duì)副高級(jí)行政長(zhǎng)官的敬稱(chēng)，來(lái)自字母根n-w-b，替代，副職。
英文詞源
- 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).