naibi

Italian

Etymology

Uncertain, but likely ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. Cognate with Catalan naip and its Portuguese and Spanish derivative naipe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnaj.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ajbi
  • Hyphenation: nài‧bi

Noun

naibi m pl (plural only)

  1. (card games) an ancient type of playing cards of Arab origin
  2. (by extension, archaic) any playing cards
    Synonyms: carte da gioco f pl, carte f pl

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