साहिब

See also: साहब and साहेब

Hindi

Alternative forms

• साहब (sāhab)

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

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