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‖ sahib|ˈsɑːɪb, sɑːb|
Also 7 sab, sahab, 8–9 saib, 9 saheb, saheeb, 20 saab, sa'ab.
[Urdū, use of Arab. çāḥib, orig. ‘friend’.]
1. a. A respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European (= ‘Sir’); in native use, an Englishman, a European. Also affixed as a title (equivalent to ‘Mr.’ prefixed) to the name or office of a European and to Indian and Bangladeshi titles and names. (See also mem-sahib.)
1696J. Ovington Voy. Suratt 326 Thus the distracted Husband..often in his Indian English confest, English fashion, sab, best fashion have, one Wife best for one Husband. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 417 To which the subtle Heathen replied, ‘Sahab (i.e.) Sir, why will you do more than the Creator ever meant?’ 1796E. Hamilton Lett. Hindoo Rajah (1811) I. 43 This Saib..purposed returning with me. 1811Mrs. Sherwood Henry & Bearer 25, I used to be so pleased when anybody bowed to me, and said ‘Sahib’. 1822Fifteen Yrs. in India Gloss., Saheeb. 1832in Rep. Sel. Comm. Salt Brit. India (1836) App. 34 If a bird flies, saheb shoots it. 1834Baboo II. ii. 28 (Stanf.) These English Sahebs are white-skinned white-livered lepers. 1859Lang Wand. India 323 ‘They are strangers to me, Sahib’, said the khansamah,..‘but their bearers say that they are Lord Sahibs’. 1886Kipling Departm. Ditties (ed. 2) 7 Rajah Rustum..Heaped upon the Bukshi Sahib wealth and honours manifold. 1891Kipling & Balestier Naulahka (1892) 201 The lady sahib kissed me on both cheeks. 1921E. M. Forster Let. 1 Apr. in Hill of Devi (1953) 60 The Palace is inhabited by four chief people—me, H. H., Malarao Sahib, and Deolekr Sahib. 1971Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 4 Apr. 8/1 Here we are grappling with basic issues and our director saab is bothered about mixed metaphors and split infinitives. Ibid. 21/4 He then went to Lalaji's house outside which Vijay was furiously pacing up and down. ‘Yes, sa'ab,’ he meekly announced his arrival. 1977‘D. MacNeil’ Wolf in Fold ii. 18 The native nodded. ‘I understand, Ogilvie sahib. I believe also that the risaldar sahib will help.’ 1978F. Olbrich Desouza pays Price iii. 12 A gentleman would like to see you, Inspector saab.
b. transf. A gentleman; someone considered socially acceptable.
1919W. Deeping Second Youth xxv. 212, I happen to know Colonel Horseley out there; he's a sahib, and quite big, one of the biggest things I've met. 1928D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club ix. 102 ‘Is the fellow a sahib?’ ‘Good God, no! Looks like an attorney's clerk or something.’ 1952A. Grimble Pattern of Islands 24 A sahib, naturally..right kind of breeding, right kind of school. 1977Listener 28 July 123/1 Being a muff can be as arduous a vocation as being a sahib.
2. Comb., as sahib-log [Urdu log people, caste], the European gentlefolk in India.
1848J. H. Stocqueler Oriental Interpreter 199/2 Sahib logue, the common appellation given to European gentlemen in India. 1927W. H. Todd Tiger, Tiger! vii. 117 The ‘sahib-log’ were after him. 1953P. Scott Alien Sky i. iv. 42 The Sahib-log lived in whitewashed bungalows. 1978‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions ii. 30 The troopers..asserted that all the Sahib-log in Meerut were dead.
So ˈsahiba(h [Arab. çāḥibah], mistress, lady.
1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 88 What calamity is this that the Madam Sáhebah is so fond of! 1903Smart Set IX. 114/2 Oh, dear Sahiba, the gods are very wise and terrible! |