સાહેબ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • સાહિબ (sāhib)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion, master”). Cognate with Hindi साहिब (sāhib), Bengali সাহেব (śaheb), Marathi साहेब (sāheb), Punjabi ਸਾਹਬ (sāhab).

Pronunciation

Noun

સાહેબ • (sāheb) m

  1. (respectful) gentleman, mister (Mr.)
  2. master, chief
  3. (colloquial) British (person from the United Kingdom)
  4. (by extension) westerner, European
  5. lord
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