sahib
noun/sɑːb/, /ˈsɑːhɪb/
/ˈsɑːhɪb/, /ˈsɑːhiːb/
- used in India, especially in the past, to address a European man, especially one with some social or official statusWord OriginUrdu, via Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib ‘friend, lord’.
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