साहिब

See also: साहब and साहेब

Hindi

Alternative forms

साहब (sāhab)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (sāheb), from Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib). Compare Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhb) / صاحب‎ (sāhb), Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/, /sɑː.ɦəb/, /sɑːʱb/, /sɑːb/

Noun

साहिब • (sāhib) m (feminine साहिबा, Urdu spelling صاحب‎)

Derived terms

ननकाना साहिब (nankānā sāhib)
मेमसाहिब (memsāhib)
साहब सलामत (sāhab salāmat)
साहिब-ए-आलम (sāhib-e-ālam)
साहिबज़ादा (sāhibzādā)

Descendants

→ English: sahib

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “साहब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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