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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

nabob Muslim official acting as deputy governor in the Mogul empire XVII; rich person, spec. one who has returned from India XVIII. — Pg. nababo — Urdu nawāb (whence nawab XVIII), prob. — Arab. nawwāb, intensive form of nā'ib deputy (confused with nuwwāb, Arab. pl.).

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