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Navabi

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Navabi (Persian: نوابی; adjective form of نواب [navāb] meaning "nabob", "nawab" – and thus roughly translating as "of Navab", "from a nabob [rich Mughal ruler]", "relating to a nabob") is a Persian[1][2] surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Armin Navabi (born 1983), Iranian-Canadian ex-Muslim atheist and secular activist, author and podcaster
  • Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990), Afghan-Canadian freelance journalist, writer and entrepreneur
  • Shirin Navabi (born 1980), Iranian female chess player

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See also

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  • Navab
  • Nowjeh Deh, Tabriz, also called Navabi, village in Tazeh Kand Rural District, Khosrowshahr District, Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

References

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  1. ^ "Navabi Surname Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Approximately 6,577 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Iran; Highest density in: Iran.
  2. ^ "Statistics and meaning of name Navabi". namespedia.com. Retrieved 2020-04-06. Surname Navabi is used at least 140 times in at least 17 countries.