साहेब

See also: साहब and साहिब

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib). Compare Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Hindi साहिब (sāhib), Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab) / صاحب (ṣāḥb).

Noun

साहेब • (sāheb) m

1. sir, mister
2. master, lord
3. sahib

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “साहेब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साहेब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “साहेब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).