সাহেব

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian صاحب‎ (sâheb), from Arabic صَاحِب‎ (ṣāḥib, “companion, master”). Cognate with Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab) / صاحب‎ (ṣāḥb), Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb) and Hindi साहिब (sāhib). Doublet of সাহাবা (sahaba).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /saɦeb/, [saɦeb]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /saɦɛb/, [saɦɛb], /saɦeb/
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Noun

সাহেব • (saheb)

  1. (respectful) gentleman
  2. master, chief
  3. westerner (person from the West)
  4. (colloquial) British (person from the United Kingdom)
    সাহেবরা আমাদের উপর অত্যাচার করেছিল।
    sahebra amader upor otyacar korechilo.
    The British had tortured us.
    Synonyms: ব্রিটিশ (briṭiś), ইংরেজ (iṅrej)
  5. (card games) king
    Synonym: রাজা (raja)

Derived terms
  • সাহেবিয়ানা (sahebiẏana, “Westernness”)
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