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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib). Compare Bengali সাহেব (śaheb), Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab) / صاحب (ṣāḥb), Gujarati સાહેબ (sāheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb), Marwari सायब (sāyab).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/, , /sɑː.ɦəb/, , /sɑːɦb/, , /sɑːb/,
Noun
साहिब • (sāhib) m (feminine साहिबा, Urdu spelling صاحب)
- sir
- mister
- lord
Declension
Declension of साहिब (masc cons-stem)
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