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
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/, [s̪äː.ɦɪb], /sɑː.ɦəb/, [s̪äː.ɦəb], /sɑːɦb/, [s̪äːɦb], /sɑːb/, [s̪äːb]
Declension
Declension of साहिब (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | साहिब sāhib |
साहिब, साहिबान,साहिबाँ sāhib, sāhibān,sāhibā̃ |
| oblique | साहिब sāhib |
साहिबों, साहिबानों sāhibõ, sāhibānõ |
| vocative | साहिब sāhib |
साहिबो, साहिबानो sāhibo, sāhibāno |
Derived terms
- ननकाना साहिब (nankānā sāhib)
- मेमसाहिब (memsāhib)
- साहब सलामत (sāhab salāmat)
- साहिब-ए-आलम (sāhib-e-ālam)
- साहिबज़ादा (sāhibzādā)
Descendants
- → English: sahib
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “साहब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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