صاحب

See also: صاحت‎

Arabic

Etymology

Active participle of صَحِبَ‎ (ṣaḥiba, “to accompany”), from the root ص ح ب‎ (ṣ-ḥ-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħib/

Noun

صَاحِب • (ṣāḥib) m (plural أَصْحَاب‎ (ʔaṣḥāb) or صُحْبَان‎ (ṣuḥbān) or صِحَاب‎ (ṣiḥāb) or صَحْب‎ (ṣaḥb), feminine صَاحِبَة‎ (ṣāḥiba))

1. associate, companion, comrade, friend
2. adherent, follower
3. (with a following genitive) man, owner, possessor, holder, master, lord, commander, representative, author

   Synonym: ذُو‎ (ḏū)

   Hyponym: مَالِك‎ (mālik)

4. inhabitant, dweller
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:70:

     ‏أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ‎

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5. warden
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:31:

     ‏وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً […]‎

     wamā jaʕalnā ʔaṣḥāba an-nāri ʔillā malāʔikatan […]

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Declension

Declension of noun صَاحِب (ṣāḥib)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَاحِب ṣāḥib	الصَّاحِب‎ aṣ-ṣāḥib	صَاحِب ṣāḥib	صَاحِبَة‎ ṣāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَة‎ aṣ-ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَة‎ ṣāḥibat
Nominative	صَاحِبٌ ṣāḥibun	الصَّاحِبُ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibu	صَاحِبُ ṣāḥibu	صَاحِبَةٌ‎ ṣāḥibatun	الصَّاحِبَةُ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibatu	صَاحِبَةُ‎ ṣāḥibatu
Accusative	صَاحِبًا‎ ṣāḥiban	الصَّاحِبَ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَ ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَةً‎ ṣāḥibatan	الصَّاحِبَةَ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibata	صَاحِبَةَ‎ ṣāḥibata
Genitive	صَاحِبٍ ṣāḥibin	الصَّاحِبِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibi	صَاحِبِ ṣāḥibi	صَاحِبَةٍ‎ ṣāḥibatin	الصَّاحِبَةِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibati	صَاحِبَةِ‎ ṣāḥibati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَاحِبَيْن‎ ṣāḥibayn	الصَّاحِبَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibayn	صَاحِبَيْ‎ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْن‎ ṣāḥibatayn	الصَّاحِبَتَيْن‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibatayn	صَاحِبَتَيْ‎ ṣāḥibatay
Nominative	صَاحِبَانِ‎ ṣāḥibāni	الصَّاحِبَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibāni	صَاحِبَا‎ ṣāḥibā	صَاحِبَتَانِ‎ ṣāḥibatāni	الصَّاحِبَتَانِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibatāni	صَاحِبَتَا‎ ṣāḥibatā
Accusative	صَاحِبَيْنِ‎ ṣāḥibayni	الصَّاحِبَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibayni	صَاحِبَيْ‎ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْنِ‎ ṣāḥibatayni	الصَّاحِبَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibatayni	صَاحِبَتَيْ‎ ṣāḥibatay
Genitive	صَاحِبَيْنِ‎ ṣāḥibayni	الصَّاحِبَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibayni	صَاحِبَيْ‎ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْنِ‎ ṣāḥibatayni	الصَّاحِبَتَيْنِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibatayni	صَاحِبَتَيْ‎ ṣāḥibatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْحَاب‎‎; صُحْبَان‎‎; صِحَاب‎‎; صَحْب‎ ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān‎; ṣiḥāb‎; ṣaḥb	الْأَصْحَاب‎‎; الصُّحْبَان‎‎; الصِّحَاب‎‎; الصَّحْب‎ al-ʔaṣḥāb‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbān‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāb‎; aṣ-ṣaḥb	أَصْحَاب‎‎; صُحْبَان‎‎; صِحَاب‎‎; صَحْب‎ ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān‎; ṣiḥāb‎; ṣaḥb	صَاحِبَات‎‎; صَوَاحِب‎ ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib	الصَّاحِبَات‎‎; الصَّوَاحِب‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibāt‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥib	صَاحِبَات‎‎; صَوَاحِب‎ ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib
Nominative	أَصْحَابٌ‎‎; صُحْبَانٌ‎‎; صِحَابٌ‎‎; صَحْبٌ‎ ʔaṣḥābun‎; ṣuḥbānun‎; ṣiḥābun‎; ṣaḥbun	الْأَصْحَابُ‎‎; الصُّحْبَانُ‎‎; الصِّحَابُ‎‎; الصَّحْبُ‎ al-ʔaṣḥābu‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbānu‎; aṣ-ṣiḥābu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥbu	أَصْحَابُ‎‎; صُحْبَانُ‎‎; صِحَابُ‎‎; صَحْبُ‎ ʔaṣḥābu‎; ṣuḥbānu‎; ṣiḥābu‎; ṣaḥbu	صَاحِبَاتٌ‎‎; صَوَاحِبُ‎ ṣāḥibātun‎; ṣawāḥibu	الصَّاحِبَاتُ‎‎; الصَّوَاحِبُ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibātu‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibu	صَاحِبَاتُ‎‎; صَوَاحِبُ‎ ṣāḥibātu‎; ṣawāḥibu
Accusative	أَصْحَابًا‎‎; صُحْبَانًا‎‎; صِحَابًا‎‎; صَحْبًا‎ ʔaṣḥāban‎; ṣuḥbānan‎; ṣiḥāban‎; ṣaḥban	الْأَصْحَابَ‎‎; الصُّحْبَانَ‎‎; الصِّحَابَ‎‎; الصَّحْبَ‎ al-ʔaṣḥāba‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāna‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāba‎; aṣ-ṣaḥba	أَصْحَابَ‎‎; صُحْبَانَ‎‎; صِحَابَ‎‎; صَحْبَ‎ ʔaṣḥāba‎; ṣuḥbāna‎; ṣiḥāba‎; ṣaḥba	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎‎; صَوَاحِبَ‎ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎‎; الصَّوَاحِبَ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥiba	صَاحِبَاتِ‎‎; صَوَاحِبَ‎ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥiba
Genitive	أَصْحَابٍ‎‎; صُحْبَانٍ‎‎; صِحَابٍ‎‎; صَحْبٍ‎ ʔaṣḥābin‎; ṣuḥbānin‎; ṣiḥābin‎; ṣaḥbin	الْأَصْحَابِ‎‎; الصُّحْبَانِ‎‎; الصِّحَابِ‎‎; الصَّحْبِ‎ al-ʔaṣḥābi‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāni‎; aṣ-ṣiḥābi‎; aṣ-ṣaḥbi	أَصْحَابِ‎‎; صُحْبَانِ‎‎; صِحَابِ‎‎; صَحْبِ‎ ʔaṣḥābi‎; ṣuḥbāni‎; ṣiḥābi‎; ṣaḥbi	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎‎; صَوَاحِبَ‎ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎‎; الصَّوَاحِبِ‎ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibi	صَاحِبَاتِ‎‎; صَوَاحِبِ‎ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥibi

Derived terms

• يَا صَاحِ‎ (yā ṣāḥi)

Descendants

• Maltese: sieħeb
• → Armenian: սոհբաթ (sohbatʿ)
• → Azerbaijani: sahib
• → Ottoman Turkish: صاحب‎
  • Turkish: sahip
  • → Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)
• → Pashto: صيب‎
• → Persian: صاحب‎
  • → Bengali: সাহেব (śaheb)
  • → Gujarati: સાહેબ (sāheb)
  • → Hindustani: sāhib, sāhab, sāhb, sāb

    Hindi: साहिब, साहब

    Urdu: صاحب‎

    • → English: sahib
    • → Phalura: سیب‎ (seéb)
    • → Ushojo: صیب‎ (seb)
  • → Marathi: साहेब (sāheb)
  • → Punjabi: ਸਾਹਬ / صاحب‎ (sāhab)
  • → Rajasthani: सायब
  • → Uzbek: sohib
• → Swahili: sahibu

See also

• صَدِيق‎ (ṣadīq)

Verb

صَاحَبَ • (ṣāḥaba) III, non-past يُصَاحِبُ‎‎ (yuṣāḥibu)

1. To accompany, to go with

Conjugation

Conjugation of

صَاحَبَ

(form-III sound)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						مُصَاحَبَة‎ or صِحَاب‎ muṣāḥaba or ṣiḥāb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُصَاحِب‎ muṣāḥib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُصَاحَب‎ muṣāḥab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	صَاحَبْتُ‎ ṣāḥabtu	صَاحَبْتَ‎ ṣāḥabta	صَاحَبَ ṣāḥaba		صَاحَبْتُمَا‎ ṣāḥabtumā	صَاحَبَا‎ ṣāḥabā		صَاحَبْنَا‎ ṣāḥabnā	صَاحَبْتُمْ‎ ṣāḥabtum	صَاحَبُوا‎ ṣāḥabū
	f		صَاحَبْتِ‎ ṣāḥabti	صَاحَبَتْ‎ ṣāḥabat			صَاحَبَتَا‎ ṣāḥabatā			صَاحَبْتُنَّ‎ ṣāḥabtunna	صَاحَبْنَ‎ ṣāḥabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَاحِبُ‎ ʔuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبُ‎ tuṣāḥibu	يُصَاحِبُ‎ yuṣāḥibu		تُصَاحِبَانِ‎ tuṣāḥibāni	يُصَاحِبَانِ‎ yuṣāḥibāni		نُصَاحِبُ‎ nuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبُونَ‎ tuṣāḥibūna	يُصَاحِبُونَ‎ yuṣāḥibūna
	f		تُصَاحِبِينَ‎ tuṣāḥibīna	تُصَاحِبُ‎ tuṣāḥibu			تُصَاحِبَانِ‎ tuṣāḥibāni			تُصَاحِبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَاحِبَ‎ ʔuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبَ‎ tuṣāḥiba	يُصَاحِبَ‎ yuṣāḥiba		تُصَاحِبَا‎ tuṣāḥibā	يُصَاحِبَا‎ yuṣāḥibā		نُصَاحِبَ‎ nuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبُوا‎ tuṣāḥibū	يُصَاحِبُوا‎ yuṣāḥibū
	f		تُصَاحِبِي‎ tuṣāḥibī	تُصَاحِبَ‎ tuṣāḥiba			تُصَاحِبَا‎ tuṣāḥibā			تُصَاحِبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَاحِبْ‎ ʔuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبْ‎ tuṣāḥib	يُصَاحِبْ‎ yuṣāḥib		تُصَاحِبَا‎ tuṣāḥibā	يُصَاحِبَا‎ yuṣāḥibā		نُصَاحِبْ‎ nuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبُوا‎ tuṣāḥibū	يُصَاحِبُوا‎ yuṣāḥibū
	f		تُصَاحِبِي‎ tuṣāḥibī	تُصَاحِبْ‎ tuṣāḥib			تُصَاحِبَا‎ tuṣāḥibā			تُصَاحِبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		صَاحِبْ ṣāḥib			صَاحِبَا‎ ṣāḥibā				صَاحِبُوا‎ ṣāḥibū
	f		صَاحِبِي‎ ṣāḥibī							صَاحِبْنَ‎ ṣāḥibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	صُوحِبْتُ‎ ṣūḥibtu	صُوحِبْتَ‎ ṣūḥibta	صُوحِبَ‎ ṣūḥiba		صُوحِبْتُمَا‎ ṣūḥibtumā	صُوحِبَا‎ ṣūḥibā		صُوحِبْنَا‎ ṣūḥibnā	صُوحِبْتُمْ‎ ṣūḥibtum	صُوحِبُوا‎ ṣūḥibū
	f		صُوحِبْتِ‎ ṣūḥibti	صُوحِبَتْ‎ ṣūḥibat			صُوحِبَتَا‎ ṣūḥibatā			صُوحِبْتُنَّ‎ ṣūḥibtunna	صُوحِبْنَ‎ ṣūḥibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَاحَبُ‎ ʔuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبُ‎ tuṣāḥabu	يُصَاحَبُ‎ yuṣāḥabu		تُصَاحَبَانِ‎ tuṣāḥabāni	يُصَاحَبَانِ‎ yuṣāḥabāni		نُصَاحَبُ‎ nuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبُونَ‎ tuṣāḥabūna	يُصَاحَبُونَ‎ yuṣāḥabūna
	f		تُصَاحَبِينَ‎ tuṣāḥabīna	تُصَاحَبُ‎ tuṣāḥabu			تُصَاحَبَانِ‎ tuṣāḥabāni			تُصَاحَبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَاحَبَ‎ ʔuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبَ‎ tuṣāḥaba	يُصَاحَبَ‎ yuṣāḥaba		تُصَاحَبَا‎ tuṣāḥabā	يُصَاحَبَا‎ yuṣāḥabā		نُصَاحَبَ‎ nuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبُوا‎ tuṣāḥabū	يُصَاحَبُوا‎ yuṣāḥabū
	f		تُصَاحَبِي‎ tuṣāḥabī	تُصَاحَبَ‎ tuṣāḥaba			تُصَاحَبَا‎ tuṣāḥabā			تُصَاحَبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَاحَبْ‎ ʔuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبْ‎ tuṣāḥab	يُصَاحَبْ‎ yuṣāḥab		تُصَاحَبَا‎ tuṣāḥabā	يُصَاحَبَا‎ yuṣāḥabā		نُصَاحَبْ‎ nuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبُوا‎ tuṣāḥabū	يُصَاحَبُوا‎ yuṣāḥabū
	f		تُصَاحَبِي‎ tuṣāḥabī	تُصَاحَبْ‎ tuṣāḥab			تُصَاحَبَا‎ tuṣāḥabā			تُصَاحَبْنَ‎ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ‎ yuṣāḥabna

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “صحب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaːħib/

Noun

صاحِب • (ṣāḥib) m (feminine singular صاحبة‎ (ṣāḥba), plural أصحاب‎ (ʼaṣḥāb), feminine plural صاحبات‎ (ṣāḥbāt))

1. friend, companion

   ‏أنا مَع صَاحْبي‎

   ana maʿ ṣāḥbi

   I'm with my friend

2. (with a following genitive) owner, possessor, representative

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaːħɪb/

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Noun

صاحب • (ṣāḥeb) m (plural صحاب‎ (ṣḥāb), feminine صاحبة‎ (ṣāḥba), diminutive صحيب‎ (ṣḥiyyab))

1. friend

   Synonym: عشير‎ (ʕšīr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Noun

صاحب • (sahib)

1. owner

Descendants

• Turkish: sahip
• → Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈhiβ], [sɑː.ˈhaβ]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɦɪ́b], [sɑː.ɦǽb]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɦɪ́b], [sɑː.ɦǽb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́b], [sɑːǽb]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jíb̥], [sɔːǽb̥]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ɦéb̥], [sɒː.ɦǽb̥]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ɦíb], [sɔ.ɦǽb]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [ساهِڤ] ,[ساهَڤ]‎, Dari: [ساهِب] ,[ساهَب]‎

Iranian: [ساهِب] ,[ساهَب]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	sāhiḇ, sāhaḇ
Dari reading?	sāhib, sāhab
Iranian reading?	sâheb, sâhab
Tajik reading?	sohib, sohab

Noun

Dari	صاحب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	соҳиб

صاحِب • (sâheb) (plural صاحبان‎ (sâhebân) or صاحب‌ها‎ (sâheb-hâ))

1. owner; master

   Synonym: مالک‎ (mâlek)

   ‏صاحب ماشین‎ ― sâheb-e mâšin ― owner of the car

2. author

   Synonym: نویسنده‎ (nevisande)

3. (Dari, India, very formal, otherwise dated) sir; mister; gentleman

   Synonyms: آقا‎ (âqâ), جناب‎ (janâb) (in Afghanistan)

4. Used, either with or without the ezâfe, to form compound nouns meaning "those who possess [trait]" or "those who are distinguished by [trait]".

   ‎صاحب (sâheb) + ‎دل‎ (del, “heart”) → ‎صاحبدل‎ (sâhebdel, “pure-hearted person; empathetic person”)

   ‎صاحب (sâheb) + ‎سخن‎ (soxan, “speech”) → ‎صاحب سخن‎ (sâheb soxan, “speaker”)

Descendants

• → Bengali: সাহেব (śaheb)
• → Gujarati: સાહેબ (sāheb)
• → Hindustani: sāhib, sāhab, sāhb, sāb

  Hindi: साहिब, साहब

  Urdu: صاحب‎

  • → English: sahib
  • → Phalura: سیب‎ (seéb)
  • → Ushojo: صیب‎ (seb)
• → Marathi: साहेब (sāheb)
• → Punjabi: ਸਾਹਬ / صاحب‎ (sāhab)
• → Rajasthani: सायब
• → Uzbek: sohib

Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /säː˦bᵊ/

Noun

صاحب • (sāhab) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਬ)

1. master
2. owner
3. lord

   Synonym: مالک‎ (mālak)

Proper noun

صاحب • (sāhab) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਬ)

1. (Sikhism) God
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 469:

     ‏توں سچا صاحب صفت سوالیؤ جن کیتی سو پار پئیا‎

     tū̃ sachā sāhib sift suāliu jin kītī so pār peā

     You are the True Lord and Master; Your Praise is so beautiful. One who sings it, is carried across.

   Synonyms: ربّ‎ (rab), واہےگُرو‎ (wāhegurū)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ح ب‎
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَاحَبَ‎ (ṣāḥaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħab/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɑb]

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Verb

صاحب • (ṣāḥab) (form III, present بصاحب‎ (biṣāḥeb))

1. to befriend

   ‏ما بحبّ تصاحب أولاد يستخدمو ألفاظ سيئة.‎‎

   mā baḥebb tṣāḥeb ʔawlād yistaḵdimu ʔalfāẓ sayʔa

   I don't like that you befriend kids who use cusswords.

2. (by extension) to become someone's boyfriend or girlfriend

Conjugation

Conjugation of صاحب (ṣāḥab)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	صاحبت (ṣāḥabt)	صاحبت (ṣāḥabt)	صاحب (ṣāḥab)		صاحبنا (ṣāḥabna)	صاحبتو (ṣāḥabtu)	صاحبو (ṣāḥabu)
	f		صاحبتي (ṣāḥabti)	صاحبت (ṣāḥabat)
present	m	بصاحب (baṣāḥeb)	بتصاحب (bitṣāḥeb)	بصاحب (biṣāḥeb)		منصاحب (minṣāḥeb)	بتصاحبو (bitṣāḥbu)	بصاحبو (biṣāḥbu)
	f		بتصاحبي (bitṣāḥbi)	بتصاحب (bitṣāḥeb)
subjunctive	m	اصاحب (aṣāḥeb)	تصاحب (tṣāḥeb)	يصاحب (yṣāḥeb)		نصاحب (nṣāḥeb)	تصاحبو (tṣāḥbu)	يصاحبو (yṣāḥbu)
	f		تصاحبي (tṣāḥbi)	تصاحب (tṣāḥeb)
imperative	m		صاحب (ṣāḥeb)				صاحبو (ṣāḥbu)
	f		صاحبي (ṣāḥbi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħeb/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɪb]

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Noun

صاحب • (ṣāḥeb) m (plural أصحاب‎ (ʔaṣḥāb) or صحاب‎ (ṣḥāb), feminine صاحبة‎ (ṣāḥbe))

1. friend, companion

   Synonym: صديق‎ (ṣadīq)

2. (by extension) boyfriend
3. owner, possessor

   ‏صاحب البيت‎‎ ― ṣāḥeb il-bēt ― the landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)

   Audio (Ramallah)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاحب‎ (ṣāḥib), from Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/
  • (obsolete) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦəb/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑːb/, /sɑː.ɦəb/
• Rhymes: -ɪb
• Hyphenation: صا‧حِب

Noun

صاحِب • (sāhib) m (feminine صاحبہ‎, Hindi spelling साहिब)

1. sir
2. mister
3. lord

Further reading

• “صاحب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “صاحب”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “صاحب”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.