sahib

[ sahb; sah-ib, -hib, ‐heeb ]

/ sɑb; ˈsɑ ɪb, -hɪb, ‐hib /

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noun

(in India) sir; master: a term of respect used, especially during the colonial period, when addressing or referring to a European.

Sa·hib . singular of Ashab.

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Origin of sahib

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Urdu, from Arabic ṣāḥib “master,” literally, “friend”

Words nearby sahib

Sahara, Saharan, Saharanpur, Sahel, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, sahib, Sahitya Akademi, SAHM, saice, said, Saida

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How to use sahib in a sentence

“In the early years after the collapse, we were in written contact with Mullah Sahib,” Motasim says.
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He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
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Both animal and man seemed to be dozing, but they woke into activity when the sahib approached.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
This rascal was owed a debt for the indignity he had offered the sahib in the village, and now he was paid in full.
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“Akhab Khan prevented those Shia dogs from shooting you and Mayne-sahib,” went on the low murmur.
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Five hundred came back, vowing that they would stand by “Lar-rence-sahib Bahadur” till the last.
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British Dictionary definitions for sahib

sahib

saheb (ˈsɑːhɛb)

/ (ˈsɑːhɪb) /

noun

(in India) a form of address or title placed after a man's name or designation, used as a mark of respect

Word Origin for sahib

C17: from Urdu, from Arabic çāhib, literally: friend

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