naiba

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naiba

/naj.ba/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نائبه (naibe), possibly through the intermediate of Romani naibah. Probably ultimately from Arabic.

noun

masculine, uncountable devil, deuce (used in expressions like la naiba!, meaning "damn", "blimey", confound it", etc, or unde naiba - "where the hell")
Similar: drac

In English

the hell expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term

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@misc{naiba_2026,
  title = {naiba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/naiba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}