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), Marwari सायब (sāyab).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

	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

Declension of साहिब (masc cons-stem)

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