साहिब
Hindi
Alternative forms
- साहब (sāhab)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian صاحب (sâheb), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib). Compare Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab) / صاحب (ṣāḥb), Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb).
Pronunciation
Noun
साहिब • (sāhib) m (feminine साहिबा, Urdu spelling صاحب)
Derived terms
- ननकाना साहिब (nankānā sāhib)
- मेमसाहिब (memsāhib)
- साहब सलामत (sāhab salāmat)
- साहिब-ए-आलम (sāhib-e-ālam)
- साहिबज़ादा (sāhibzādā)
Descendants
- → English: sahib
References
- The template Template:R:hi:McGregor does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “साहिब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press