Sahib Definition

sähĭb, -ĭb, säb
noun
Sir; master.
Webster's New World
Used as a form of address for a man in South Asia.
American Heritage
A European man in colonial India.
American Heritage
A male mountaineer employing Sherpas or porters in the Himalayas.
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Other Word Forms of Sahib

Noun

Singular:
sahib
Plural:
sahibs

Origin of Sahib

  • Hindi Urdu sāhab master from Arabic ṭāḥib companion, master participle of ṭaḥiba to become friends ṭḥb in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hindustani (Hindi, Urdu) साहिब / صاحب (sāhib, “lord"), from Arabic صاحِب (sāhib, “companion").

    From Wiktionary

Sahib Sentence Examples

  • His adopted son was the infamous Nana Sahib.

  • His adopted son, Nana Sahib, inherited his accumulated savings, but could obtain no further recognition.

  • The name of Cawnpore is indelibly connected with the blackest episode in the history of the Indian Mutiny - the massacre here in July 1857 of hundreds of women and children by the Nana Sahib.

  • His adopted son grew up to be the Nana Sahib, of infamous memory, who took a leading part in the Mutiny.

  • The proper feminine form is sahiba; but the hybrid term memsahib (from madam and sahib) is universally used in India for European ladies.

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Words Starting With

SSASAH

Words Ending With

BIBHIB

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