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), 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)

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 ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān	الْأَصْحَاب‎; الصُّحْبَان al-ʔaṣḥāb‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbān	أَصْحَاب‎; صُحْبَان ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān	صَاحِبَات‎; صَوَاحِب ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib	الصَّاحِبَات‎; الصَّوَاحِب aṣ-ṣāḥibāt‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥib	صَاحِبَات‎; صَوَاحِب ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib
Nominative	أَصْحَابٌ‎; صُحْبَانٌ ʔaṣḥābun‎; ṣuḥbānun	الْأَصْحَابُ‎; الصُّحْبَانُ al-ʔaṣḥābu‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbānu	أَصْحَابُ‎; صُحْبَانُ ʔaṣḥābu‎; ṣuḥbānu	صَاحِبَاتٌ‎; صَوَاحِبُ ṣāḥibātun‎; ṣawāḥibu	الصَّاحِبَاتُ‎; الصَّوَاحِبُ aṣ-ṣāḥibātu‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibu	صَاحِبَاتُ‎; صَوَاحِبُ ṣāḥibātu‎; ṣawāḥibu
Accusative	أَصْحَابًا‎; صُحْبَانًا ʔaṣḥāban‎; ṣuḥbānan	الْأَصْحَابَ‎; الصُّحْبَانَ al-ʔaṣḥāba‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāna	أَصْحَابَ‎; صُحْبَانَ ʔaṣḥāba‎; ṣuḥbāna	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎; الصَّوَاحِبَ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥiba	صَاحِبَاتِ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥiba
Genitive	أَصْحَابٍ‎; صُحْبَانٍ ʔaṣḥābin‎; ṣuḥbānin	الْأَصْحَابِ‎; الصُّحْبَانِ al-ʔaṣḥābi‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāni	أَصْحَابِ‎; صُحْبَانِ ʔaṣḥābi‎; ṣuḥbāni	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎; الصَّوَاحِبِ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibi	صَاحِبَاتِ‎; صَوَاحِبِ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥibi

Derived terms

• يَا صَاحِ (yā ṣāḥi)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: sahib
• Hindi: साहिब (sāhib), साहब (sāhab)
  • → English: sahib
• Ottoman Turkish: صاحب
  • Turkish: sahip
  • → Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)
• Persian: صاحب
• Tajik: соҳиб (sohib)
• Urdu: صاحب
• Uzbek: sohib

See also

• صَدِيق (ṣadīq)

Verb

صَاحَبَ • (ṣāḥaba) III (non-past يُصَاحِبُ (yuṣāḥibu), verbal noun مُصَاحَبَة (muṣāḥaba))

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References

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

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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

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Ottoman Turkish

Noun

صاحب • (transliteration needed)

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Descendants

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

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Noun

Dari	صاحب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	соҳиб

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

1. master
2. owner

   Synonym: مالک (mâlek)

3. lord

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Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑː˥b/

Noun

1. master
2. owner
3. lord

   Synonym: مالک (mālak)

Proper noun

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)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian صاحب (sāheb), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/

Noun

صاحب • (sāhib) m (Hindi spelling साहिब)

1. sir
2. mister
3. lord