naqib
noun
naqib is spelled N-A-Q-I-B: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, naqib means “One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of naqib is naqibs.
How many letters and syllables are in naqib?
| Letters | 5: N-A-Q-I-B |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 79 million words; the 282,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is naqib?
Naqib appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with naqib?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as naqib.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: niqab.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of naqib
- naqibs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does naqib mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of the leading missionaries of the Hashimiyya movement who prepared the Abbasid Revolution in Khurasan.
- 2
The head representative of the ashraf, the descendants of Muhammad; an honorary position in the Ottoman Empire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does naqib come from?
From Arabic نَقِب (naqib)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).