साहिब

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib). Compare Bengali সাহেব (śaheb), Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab) / صاحب (ṣāḥb), Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb), Rajasthani सायब (sāyab).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/, [säː.ɦɪb], /sɑː.ɦəb/, [säː.ɦɐb], /sɑːɦb/, [säːʱb], /sɑːb/, [säːb]

Noun

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

  1. sir
  2. mister
  3. lord

Declension
Declension of साहिब (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct साहिब
sāhib		 साहिब, साहिबान,साहिबाँ
sāhib, sāhibān,sāhibā̃
oblique साहिब
sāhib		 साहिबों, साहिबानों
sāhibõ, sāhibānõ
vocative साहिब
sāhib		 साहिबो, साहिबानो
sāhibo, sāhibāno

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

Descendants
  • → English: sahib

References
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