Sahib or Saheb (/ ˈsɑːhɪb /) is a term of address originating from Arabic (صاحب). As a loanword, Sahib has passed into several languages, including Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Crimean Tatar, [1] Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rohingya and Somali. During medieval times, it was used either as an official title or an ...
Sahib (Punjabi: ਸਾਹਿਬ Hindi: साहिब, Urdu: صاحب) (traditionally pronounced /ˈsɑ˝ɪb/ or /ˈsɑ˝b/ in English, now often /səˈhi˝b/) is an eastern term of respect, meaning Sir, master or lord, used in several languages including Punjabi, Hindi - Urdu (Hindustani), Bengali and Marathi.
The meaning of SAHIB is sir, master —used especially among the native inhabitants of colonial India when addressing or speaking of a European of some social or official status.
SAHIB definition: (in India) sir; master: a term of respect used, especially during the colonial period, when addressing or referring to a European. See examples of sahib used in a sentence.
sahib (plural sahibs) (historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.
Define sahib. sahib synonyms, sahib pronunciation, sahib translation, English dictionary definition of sahib. n. 1. Used as a form of address for a man in South Asia. 2. A European man in colonial India. 3. A male mountaineer employing Sherpas or porters in the...
noun A term of respect used by the natives of India and Persia in addressing or speaking of Europeans: equivalent to Master or Sir, and even to Mistress: as, Colonel sahib; the sahib did so and so; it is the mem- sahib's command. (See mem-sahib.) It is also occasionally used as a specific title among both Hindus and Mohammedans, as Tippoo Sahib.