Navabi (; 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 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
Fictional character Samar Navabi, character from the American crime drama television series The Blacklist
See also Navab Nowjeh Deh, Tabriz, also called Navabi, village in Tazeh Kand Rural District, Khosrowshahr District, Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
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