sahib
See also: Sahib
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Hindustani صاحب / साहिब (sāhib, “lord”), from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”).
Noun edit
sahib (plural sahibs)
- (historical) A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.
- Coordinate term: memsahib
- 1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 7, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 177:
- One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command natives.
- 1923, Rasool Galwan, Servant of Sahibs[1], Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, page 25:
- After, went to sahib and packed up sahib's things. We had four hire-ponies; three for loads, and one for sahib to ride. Sahib had a Chinese saddle, that he put on a high horse.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a term of respect
Further reading edit
- sahib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “sahib”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 781.
Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sahib (definite accusative sahibi, plural sahiblər)
- owner, possessor
- Synonym: yiyə
- dükan sahibi ― shop owner
- oğul-uşaq sahibi (idiomatic)
- a married person, someone with a family
- (literally, “possessor of son and child”)
Declension edit
Declension of sahib | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sahib |
sahiblər | ||||||
definite accusative | sahibi |
sahibləri | ||||||
dative | sahibə |
sahiblərə | ||||||
locative | sahibdə |
sahiblərdə | ||||||
ablative | sahibdən |
sahiblərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | sahibin |
sahiblərin |
Derived terms edit
- sahib olmaq (“to possess”)
- sahiblik (“ownership”)
Related terms edit
Predicative edit
sahib
- to own, possess, have
- Murad Volkswagen markalı maşına sahibdir. ― Murad owns a car of the brand Volkswagen.
- Synonym: malik
Conjugation edit
*imək (“to be”) being a defective verb, its missing forms are supplied by the present simple copulas (appearing as suffixes), and by olmaq. The actual infinitive form would be sahib olmaq, as the verb olmaq serves as infinitive form of *imek and itself.
Conjugation of sahib *imək
positive | ||||||||
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subject non-past participle | sahib ikən | |||||||
subject past participle | sahib imiş | |||||||
subject future definite participle | — | |||||||
subject future indefinite participle | — | |||||||
non-subject participle | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
converb | — | |||||||
gerund | — | |||||||
infinitive | — | |||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | present | simple | sahibəm | sahibsən | sahibdir | sahibik | sahibsiniz | sahibdirlər |
perfect | sahib imişəm | sahib imişsən | sahib imiş | sahib imişik | sahib imişsiniz | sahib imişlər | ||
past | simple | sahib idim | sahib idin | sahib idi | sahib idik | sahib idiniz | sahib idilər | |
continuous | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
perfect | sahib imişdim | sahib imişdin | sahib imişdi | sahib imişdik | sahib imişdiniz | sahib imişdilər | ||
future | definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
indefinite | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
future-in-the-past | definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
indefinite | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
conditional | present | sahib isəm | sahib isən | sahib isə | sahib isək | sahib isəniz | sahib isələr | |
past | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
subjunctive | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
hortative | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
obligational | present | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
past | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
imperative | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
negative | ||||||||
subject non-past participle | sahib deyilkən | |||||||
subject past participle | sahib deyilmiş | |||||||
subject future definite participle | — | |||||||
subject future indefinite participle | — | |||||||
non-subject participle | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
converb | — | |||||||
gerund | — | |||||||
infinitive | — | |||||||
singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
indicative | present | simple | sahib deyiləm | sahib deyilsən | sahib deyildir | sahib deyilik | sahib deyilsiniz | sahib deyildirlər |
perfect | sahib deyilmişəm | sahib deyilmişsən | sahib deyilmiş | sahib deyilmişik | sahib deyilmişsiniz | sahib deyilmişlər | ||
past | simple | sahib deyildim | sahib deyildin | sahib deyildi | sahib deyildik | sahib deyildiniz | sahib deyildilər | |
continuous | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
perfect | sahib deyilmişdim | sahib deyilmişdin | sahib deyilmişdi | sahib deyilmişdik | sahib deyilmişdiniz | sahib deyilmişdilər | ||
future | definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
indefinite | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
future-in-the-past | definite | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
indefinite | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
conditional | present | sahib deyilsəm | sahib deyilsən | sahib deyilsə | sahib deyilsək | sahib deyilsəniz | sahib deyilsələr | |
past | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
subjunctive | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
hortative | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
obligational | present | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
past | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
imperative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
French edit
Noun edit
sahib m (plural sahibs)
Further reading edit
- “sahib”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sahib m (invariable)