sahib

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sa⋅hib

[sah-ib, -eeb]

–noun

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

2.	(initial capital letter) sing. of Ashab.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Urdu < Ar ṣāḥib master, lit., friend

As⋅hab

[ahs-hahb]

–plural noun, singular Sa⋅hib [sah-ib, -eeb]

. Islam.

those associating with Muhammad at any time in his life.

Compare Ansar, Muhajirun.

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sa·hib (sä'ĭb, -ēb, -hĭb)

n. Used formerly as a form of respectful address for a European man in colonial India.

[Hindi sāhab, master, from Arabic ṣāḥib, companion, master, participle of ṣaḥiba, to become friends; see ṣḥb in Semitic roots.]

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sahib

respectful address to Europeans in India, 1673, from Hindi or Urdu sahib "master, lord," from Arabic, originally "friend, companion," from sahiba "he accompanied."

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