صاحب

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

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħib/

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

     ʔalam yaʔtihim nabaʔu allaḏīna min qablihim qawmi nūḥin waʕādin waṯamūda waqawmi ʔibrāhīma waʔaṣḥābi madyana wālmuʔtafikāti ʔatathum rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti famā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū ʔanfusahum yaẓlimūna

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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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• يَا صَاحِ‎ (yā ṣāḥi)

• Maltese: sieħeb
• → Armenian: սոհբաթ (sohbatʿ)
• → Azerbaijani: sahib
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: साहिब (sāhib), साहब (sāhab)

  • → English: sahib

  Urdu: صاحب‎

• → Ottoman Turkish: صاحب‎
  • Turkish: sahip
  • → Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)
• → Pashto: صيب‎
• → Persian: صاحب‎
• → Swahili: sahibu
• → Tajik: соҳиб (sohib)
• → Uzbek: sohib

• صَدِيق‎ (ṣadīq)

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

1. To accompany, to go with

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

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

• IPA^(key): /sˤaːħib/

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

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

• IPA^(key): /sˤaːħɪb/

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

1. friend

   Synonym: عشير‎ (ʕšīr)

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

صاحب • (sahib)

1. owner

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

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

• Vocalised Persian: صاحِب

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

1. master
2. owner

   Synonym: مالک‎ (mâlek)

3. lord

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

• IPA^(key): /sɑː˦.ɦəbᵊ/

صاحب • (sāhab) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਬ)

1. master
2. owner
3. lord

   Synonym: مالک‎ (mālak)

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)

From Arabic صَاحَبَ‎ (ṣāḥaba).

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħab/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɑb]

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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

From Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib).

• IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħeb/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɪb]

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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”)

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

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

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

1. sir
2. mister
3. lord