صاحب

See also: صاحت

Arabic

Etymology

Active participle of صَحِبَ (ṣaḥiba, to be a companion), from the root ص ح ب (ṣ-ḥ-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁaː.ħib/

Noun

صَاحِب (ṣāḥib) m (plural أَصْحَاب (ʾaṣḥāb) or صُحْبَان (ṣuḥbān), feminine صَاحِبَة (ṣāḥiba))

  1. associate, companion, comrade, friend
  2. adherent, follower
  3. (with a following genitive) man, owner, possessor, holder, master, lord, commander, representative, author
    Synonym: ذُو (ḏū)
    Hyponym: مَالِك (mālik)

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: صاحب (sahip)
    • Turkish: sahip
    • Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)

See also

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صحب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁaːħib/

Noun

صاحِب • (ṣāḥib) m

(feminine singular صاحبة ‎(ṣāḥba), plural أصحاب ‎(ʼaṣḥāb), feminine plural صاحبات ‎(ṣāḥbāt))
  1. friend, companion
    أنا مَع صَاحْبي
    ana maʿ ṣāḥbi
    I'm with my friend
  2. (with a following genitive) owner, possessor, representative

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Noun

Dari Persian صاحب
Iranian Persian صاحب
Tajiki Persian соҳиб (sohib)

صاحب (sâheb) (plural صاحبان (sâhebân) or صاحب‌ها (sâheb-hâ))

  1. master
  2. owner
  3. lord

Synonyms


Urdu

Etymology

From Persian صاحب (sāheb), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saːɦɪb]

Noun

صاحب (sāhib) m (Hindi spelling साहिब)

  1. sir
  2. mister
  3. lord
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