subah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu صوبہ‎ (sūbā, “province”).

Noun

subah (plural subahs)

  1. A province of the Mughal Empire.

Anagrams

Gayo

Conjunction

subah

  1. emphatically: because, just because
    Subah wé kaja, djĕnkat pĕdih bĕprih [1]
    Just because he feels so rich, he is presumptious in his speaking

Adjective

subah

  1. insolent, disrespecting
    Òja anak ngö subah kĕn ama-inöé pudah a.
    That child has behaved without respect towards his parents. (— implying: that's why he is ill.)

References
  1. Gajosch-Nederlandsch Woordenboek, door G.A.J. Hazeu, Landsdrukkerij Batavia 1907
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