साहिब
Hindi
Alternative forms
- साहब (sāhab)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian صاحب (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/
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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