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نقيب

Root: نقب

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نقيب naqīb pl. نقباء nuqabā’2 leader, head, headman; director, principal, chief; chairman of a guild; president; syndic, corporation lawyer; (mil.) captain (army), lieutenant (navy) (Eg. 1939 and U.A.R.); tongue of a balance │ نقيب الأشراف head of the Alids, head of the descendants of the Prophet

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