صاحب

See also: صاحت

Arabic

Root
ص ح ب (ṣ ḥ b)
10 terms

Etymology

Active participle of صَحِبَ (ṣaḥiba, “to accompany”), from the root ص ح ب (ṣ-ḥ-b).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħib/

Noun

صَاحِب • (ṣāḥib) m (plural أَصْحَاب (ʔaṣḥāb) or صُحْبَان (ṣuḥbān) or صِحَاب (ṣiḥāb) or صَحْب (ṣaḥb), feminine صَاحِبَة (ṣāḥiba))

associate, companion, comrade, friend
صَاحِبِي فِي الْعَمَلِ مُسَاعِدٌ جَيِّدٌ وَنَتَعَاوَنُ مَعًا بِشَكْلٍ مُمْتَازٍ.
ṣāḥibī fī l-ʕamali musāʕidun jayyidun wanataʕāwanu maʕan bišaklin mumtāzin.
My colleague at work is a helpful and cooperative person, and we work together in a harmonious manner.
adherent, follower
(with a following genitive) man, owner, possessor, holder, master, lord, commander, representative, author
Synonym: ذُو (ḏū)

Hyponym: مَالِك (mālik)
inhabitant, dweller
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:70:
  أَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِ ۚ أَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
  ʔalam yaʔtihim nabaʔu llaḏīna min qablihim qawmi nūḥin waʕādin waṯamūda waqawmi ʔibrāhīma waʔaṣḥābi madyana wālmuʔtafikāti ʔatathum rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti famā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū ʔanfusahum yaẓlimūna
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warden
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 74:31:
  وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً […]
  wamā jaʕalnā ʔaṣḥāba an-nāri ʔillā malāʔikatan […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun صَاحِب (ṣāḥib)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَاحِب ṣāḥib	الصَّاحِب aṣ-ṣāḥib	صَاحِب ṣāḥib	صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَة aṣ-ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَة ṣāḥibat
Nominative	صَاحِبٌ ṣāḥibun	الصَّاحِبُ aṣ-ṣāḥibu	صَاحِبُ ṣāḥibu	صَاحِبَةٌ ṣāḥibatun	الصَّاحِبَةُ aṣ-ṣāḥibatu	صَاحِبَةُ ṣāḥibatu
Accusative	صَاحِبًا ṣāḥiban	الصَّاحِبَ aṣ-ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَ ṣāḥiba	صَاحِبَةً ṣāḥibatan	الصَّاحِبَةَ aṣ-ṣāḥibata	صَاحِبَةَ ṣāḥibata
Genitive	صَاحِبٍ ṣāḥibin	الصَّاحِبِ aṣ-ṣāḥibi	صَاحِبِ ṣāḥibi	صَاحِبَةٍ ṣāḥibatin	الصَّاحِبَةِ aṣ-ṣāḥibati	صَاحِبَةِ ṣāḥibati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَاحِبَيْن ṣāḥibayn	الصَّاحِبَيْن aṣ-ṣāḥibayn	صَاحِبَيْ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْن ṣāḥibatayn	الصَّاحِبَتَيْن aṣ-ṣāḥibatayn	صَاحِبَتَيْ ṣāḥibatay
Nominative	صَاحِبَانِ ṣāḥibāni	الصَّاحِبَانِ aṣ-ṣāḥibāni	صَاحِبَا ṣāḥibā	صَاحِبَتَانِ ṣāḥibatāni	الصَّاحِبَتَانِ aṣ-ṣāḥibatāni	صَاحِبَتَا ṣāḥibatā
Accusative	صَاحِبَيْنِ ṣāḥibayni	الصَّاحِبَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḥibayni	صَاحِبَيْ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْنِ ṣāḥibatayni	الصَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḥibatayni	صَاحِبَتَيْ ṣāḥibatay
Genitive	صَاحِبَيْنِ ṣāḥibayni	الصَّاحِبَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḥibayni	صَاحِبَيْ ṣāḥibay	صَاحِبَتَيْنِ ṣāḥibatayni	الصَّاحِبَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣāḥibatayni	صَاحِبَتَيْ ṣāḥibatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَصْحَاب‎; صُحْبَان‎; صِحَاب‎; صَحْب ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān‎; ṣiḥāb‎; ṣaḥb	الْأَصْحَاب‎; الصُّحْبَان‎; الصِّحَاب‎; الصَّحْب al-ʔaṣḥāb‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbān‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāb‎; aṣ-ṣaḥb	أَصْحَاب‎; صُحْبَان‎; صِحَاب‎; صَحْب ʔaṣḥāb‎; ṣuḥbān‎; ṣiḥāb‎; ṣaḥb	صَاحِبَات‎; صَوَاحِب ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib	الصَّاحِبَات‎; الصَّوَاحِب aṣ-ṣāḥibāt‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥib	صَاحِبَات‎; صَوَاحِب ṣāḥibāt‎; ṣawāḥib
Nominative	أَصْحَابٌ‎; صُحْبَانٌ‎; صِحَابٌ‎; صَحْبٌ ʔaṣḥābun‎; ṣuḥbānun‎; ṣiḥābun‎; ṣaḥbun	الْأَصْحَابُ‎; الصُّحْبَانُ‎; الصِّحَابُ‎; الصَّحْبُ al-ʔaṣḥābu‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbānu‎; aṣ-ṣiḥābu‎; aṣ-ṣaḥbu	أَصْحَابُ‎; صُحْبَانُ‎; صِحَابُ‎; صَحْبُ ʔaṣḥābu‎; ṣuḥbānu‎; ṣiḥābu‎; ṣaḥbu	صَاحِبَاتٌ‎; صَوَاحِبُ ṣāḥibātun‎; ṣawāḥibu	الصَّاحِبَاتُ‎; الصَّوَاحِبُ aṣ-ṣāḥibātu‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibu	صَاحِبَاتُ‎; صَوَاحِبُ ṣāḥibātu‎; ṣawāḥibu
Accusative	أَصْحَابًا‎; صُحْبَانًا‎; صِحَابًا‎; صَحْبًا ʔaṣḥāban‎; ṣuḥbānan‎; ṣiḥāban‎; ṣaḥban	الْأَصْحَابَ‎; الصُّحْبَانَ‎; الصِّحَابَ‎; الصَّحْبَ al-ʔaṣḥāba‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāna‎; aṣ-ṣiḥāba‎; aṣ-ṣaḥba	أَصْحَابَ‎; صُحْبَانَ‎; صِحَابَ‎; صَحْبَ ʔaṣḥāba‎; ṣuḥbāna‎; ṣiḥāba‎; ṣaḥba	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎; الصَّوَاحِبَ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥiba	صَاحِبَاتِ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥiba
Genitive	أَصْحَابٍ‎; صُحْبَانٍ‎; صِحَابٍ‎; صَحْبٍ ʔaṣḥābin‎; ṣuḥbānin‎; ṣiḥābin‎; ṣaḥbin	الْأَصْحَابِ‎; الصُّحْبَانِ‎; الصِّحَابِ‎; الصَّحْبِ al-ʔaṣḥābi‎; aṣ-ṣuḥbāni‎; aṣ-ṣiḥābi‎; aṣ-ṣaḥbi	أَصْحَابِ‎; صُحْبَانِ‎; صِحَابِ‎; صَحْبِ ʔaṣḥābi‎; ṣuḥbāni‎; ṣiḥābi‎; ṣaḥbi	صَاحِبَاتٍ‎; صَوَاحِبَ ṣāḥibātin‎; ṣawāḥiba	الصَّاحِبَاتِ‎; الصَّوَاحِبِ aṣ-ṣāḥibāti‎; aṣ-ṣawāḥibi	صَاحِبَاتِ‎; صَوَاحِبِ ṣāḥibāti‎; ṣawāḥibi

Derived terms

يَا صَاحِ (yā ṣāḥi)

Descendants

Maltese: sieħeb
→ Armenian: սոհբաթ (sohbatʻ)
→ Azerbaijani: sahib
→ Indonesian: sohib
→ Ottoman Turkish: صاحب
- Turkish: sahip
- → Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)
- Crimean Tatar: sahip, saip
→ Pashto: صيب
→ Persian: صاحب
- → Bengali: সাহেব (śaheb)
- → Gujarati: સાહેબ (sāheb)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: साहिब (sāhib), साहब (sāhab)
  Urdu: صاحب (sāhib, sāhab, sāhb, sāb)
  - → English: sahib
  - → Phalura: سیب (seéb)
  - → Ushojo: صیب (seb)
- → Marathi: साहेब (sāheb)
- → Punjabi: ਸਾਹਬ / صاحب (sāhab)
- → Marwari: सायब (sāyab)
- → Uzbek: sohib
→ Swahili: sahibu

Verb

صَاحَبَ • (ṣāḥaba) III (non-past يُصَاحِبُ (yuṣāḥibu), verbal noun مُصَاحَبَة (muṣāḥaba) or صِحَاب (ṣiḥāb))

to accompany, to go with

Conjugation

Conjugation of صَاحَبَ (III, sound, full passive, verbal nouns مُصَاحَبَة, صِحَاب)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					مُصَاحَبَة, صِحَاب muṣāḥaba, ṣiḥāb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُصَاحِب muṣāḥib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُصَاحَب muṣāḥab
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	صَاحَبْتُ ṣāḥabtu	صَاحَبْتَ ṣāḥabta	صَاحَبَ ṣāḥaba	صَاحَبْتُمَا ṣāḥabtumā	صَاحَبَا ṣāḥabā	صَاحَبْنَا ṣāḥabnā	صَاحَبْتُمْ ṣāḥabtum	صَاحَبُوا ṣāḥabū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	صَاحَبْتُ ṣāḥabtu	صَاحَبْتِ ṣāḥabti	صَاحَبَتْ ṣāḥabat	صَاحَبْتُمَا ṣāḥabtumā	صَاحَبَتَا ṣāḥabatā	صَاحَبْنَا ṣāḥabnā	صَاحَبْتُنَّ ṣāḥabtunna	صَاحَبْنَ ṣāḥabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَاحِبُ ʔuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبُ tuṣāḥibu	يُصَاحِبُ yuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبَانِ tuṣāḥibāni	يُصَاحِبَانِ yuṣāḥibāni	نُصَاحِبُ nuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبُونَ tuṣāḥibūna	يُصَاحِبُونَ yuṣāḥibūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُصَاحِبُ ʔuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبِينَ tuṣāḥibīna	تُصَاحِبُ tuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبَانِ tuṣāḥibāni	تُصَاحِبَانِ tuṣāḥibāni	نُصَاحِبُ nuṣāḥibu	تُصَاحِبْنَ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ yuṣāḥibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَاحِبَ ʔuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبَ tuṣāḥiba	يُصَاحِبَ yuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	يُصَاحِبَا yuṣāḥibā	نُصَاحِبَ nuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبُوا tuṣāḥibū	يُصَاحِبُوا yuṣāḥibū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُصَاحِبَ ʔuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبِي tuṣāḥibī	تُصَاحِبَ tuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	نُصَاحِبَ nuṣāḥiba	تُصَاحِبْنَ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ yuṣāḥibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَاحِبْ ʔuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبْ tuṣāḥib	يُصَاحِبْ yuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	يُصَاحِبَا yuṣāḥibā	نُصَاحِبْ nuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبُوا tuṣāḥibū	يُصَاحِبُوا yuṣāḥibū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُصَاحِبْ ʔuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبِي tuṣāḥibī	تُصَاحِبْ tuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	تُصَاحِبَا tuṣāḥibā	نُصَاحِبْ nuṣāḥib	تُصَاحِبْنَ tuṣāḥibna	يُصَاحِبْنَ yuṣāḥibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		صَاحِبْ ṣāḥib		صَاحِبَا ṣāḥibā			صَاحِبُوا ṣāḥibū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		صَاحِبِي ṣāḥibī		صَاحِبَا ṣāḥibā			صَاحِبْنَ ṣāḥibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	صُوحِبْتُ ṣūḥibtu	صُوحِبْتَ ṣūḥibta	صُوحِبَ ṣūḥiba	صُوحِبْتُمَا ṣūḥibtumā	صُوحِبَا ṣūḥibā	صُوحِبْنَا ṣūḥibnā	صُوحِبْتُمْ ṣūḥibtum	صُوحِبُوا ṣūḥibū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	صُوحِبْتُ ṣūḥibtu	صُوحِبْتِ ṣūḥibti	صُوحِبَتْ ṣūḥibat	صُوحِبْتُمَا ṣūḥibtumā	صُوحِبَتَا ṣūḥibatā	صُوحِبْنَا ṣūḥibnā	صُوحِبْتُنَّ ṣūḥibtunna	صُوحِبْنَ ṣūḥibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُصَاحَبُ ʔuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبُ tuṣāḥabu	يُصَاحَبُ yuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبَانِ tuṣāḥabāni	يُصَاحَبَانِ yuṣāḥabāni	نُصَاحَبُ nuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبُونَ tuṣāḥabūna	يُصَاحَبُونَ yuṣāḥabūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُصَاحَبُ ʔuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبِينَ tuṣāḥabīna	تُصَاحَبُ tuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبَانِ tuṣāḥabāni	تُصَاحَبَانِ tuṣāḥabāni	نُصَاحَبُ nuṣāḥabu	تُصَاحَبْنَ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ yuṣāḥabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُصَاحَبَ ʔuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبَ tuṣāḥaba	يُصَاحَبَ yuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	يُصَاحَبَا yuṣāḥabā	نُصَاحَبَ nuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبُوا tuṣāḥabū	يُصَاحَبُوا yuṣāḥabū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُصَاحَبَ ʔuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبِي tuṣāḥabī	تُصَاحَبَ tuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	نُصَاحَبَ nuṣāḥaba	تُصَاحَبْنَ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ yuṣāḥabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُصَاحَبْ ʔuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبْ tuṣāḥab	يُصَاحَبْ yuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	يُصَاحَبَا yuṣāḥabā	نُصَاحَبْ nuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبُوا tuṣāḥabū	يُصَاحَبُوا yuṣāḥabū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُصَاحَبْ ʔuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبِي tuṣāḥabī	تُصَاحَبْ tuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	تُصَاحَبَا tuṣāḥabā	نُصَاحَبْ nuṣāḥab	تُصَاحَبْنَ tuṣāḥabna	يُصَاحَبْنَ yuṣāḥabna

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “صحب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ص ح ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħib/, [sˤaː.ħɪb]

Noun

صاحِب • (ṣāḥib) m (plural أصْحاب (ʔaṣḥāb), feminine صاحْبة (ṣāḥba))

friend, companion
أنا مَع صَاحْبي
ʔana maʕ ṣāḥbi
I'm with my friend
(with a following genitive) owner, possessor, representative

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaːħɪb/
Audio: (file)

Noun

صاحب • (ṣāḥeb) m (plural صحاب (ṣḥāb), feminine صاحبة (ṣāḥba), diminutive صحيب (ṣḥiyyab))

friend
Synonym: عشير (ʕšīr)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Noun

صاحب • (sahib)

owner

Descendants

Turkish: sahip
→ Middle Armenian: սահիպ (sahip)
Crimean Tatar: sahip, saip

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ˈhiβ], [sɑː.ˈhaβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɑː.ɦɪ́b], [sɑː.ɦǽb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑː.jɪ́b], [sɑːǽb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔː.jíb̥], [sɔːǽb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sɒː.ɦéb̥], [sɒː.ɦǽb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [sɔ.ɦíb], [sɔ.ɦǽb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sāhiḇ, sāhaḇ
Dari reading^?	sāhib, sāhab
Iranian reading^?	sâheb, sâhab
Tajik reading^?	sohib, sohab

Noun


Iranian Persian	صاحب
Dari	صاحب
Tajik	соҳиб

صاحِب • (sâheb) (plural صاحبان (sâhebân) or صاحب‌ها (sâheb-hâ))

owner; master
Synonym: مالک (mâlek)

― sâheb-e mâšin ― owner of the car
author
Synonym: نویسنده (nevisande)
(with the ezâfe) parent (of)
sâheb-e yek pesar o doxtar hastam.
I am the parent of a son and a daughter.
(Dari, Indo-Persian, very formal, otherwise dated) sir; mister; gentleman
Synonyms: آقا (âqâ), جناب (janâb) (Dari)
Used, usually without the ezâfe, to form compound nouns meaning "those who possess [trait]" or "those who are distinguished by [trait]".
‎ (sâheb) + ‎ (del, “heart”) → ‎ (sâhebdel, “pure-hearted person; empathetic person”)

‎ (sâheb) + ‎ (soxan, “speech”) → ‎ (sâheb soxan, “speaker”)

Derived terms

صاحب اختیار (sâheb extiyâr)
صاحب اعتبار (sâheb e'tebâr)
صاحب جمال (sâheb jamâl)
صاحب خانه (sâheb xâne)
صاحب خیر (sâheb xeyr)
صاحب سخن (sâheb soxan)
صاحب قران (sâheb qerân)
صاحب ناموس (sâheb nâmus)
صاحب نظر (sâheb nazar)
صاحب نفس (sâheb nafas)
صاحب هنر (sâheb honar)
صاحب وجود (sâheb vojud)
صاحب کار (sâheb kâr)
صاحب کمال (sâheb kamâl)
صاحبدل (sâhebdel)
صاحب‌الزمان (sâheb-oz-zamân)

Descendants

→ Bengali: সাহেব (śaheb)
→ Gujarati: સાહેબ (sāheb)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: साहिब (sāhib), साहब (sāhab)

Urdu: صاحب (sāhib, sāhab, sāhb, sāb)
- → English: sahib
- → Phalura: سیب (seéb)
- → Ushojo: صیب (seb)
→ Marathi: साहेब (sāheb)
→ Punjabi: ਸਾਹਬ / صاحب (sāhab)
→ Marwari: सायब (sāyab)
→ Uzbek: sohib

Punjabi

Etymology

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /säː˦bᵊ/

Noun

صاحب • (sāhab) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਬ)

master
owner
lord
Synonym: مالک (mālak)

Proper noun

صاحب • (sāhab) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਹਿਬ)

(Sikhism) God
Synonyms: ربّ (rab), واہےگُرو (wāhegurū)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ص ح ب
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic صَاحَبَ (ṣāḥaba).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħab/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɑb]
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Verb

صاحب • (ṣāḥab) III (present بصاحب (biṣāḥeb))

to befriend
ما بحبّ تصاحب أولاد يستخدمو ألفاظ سيئة.
mā baḥebb tṣāḥeb ʔawlād yistaḵdimu ʔalfāẓ sayʔa
I don't like that you befriend kids who use cusswords.
(by extension) to become someone's boyfriend or girlfriend

Conjugation

Conjugation of صاحب (ṣāḥab)
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	صاحبت (ṣāḥabt)	صاحبت (ṣāḥabt)	صاحب (ṣāḥab)	صاحبنا (ṣāḥabna)	صاحبتو (ṣāḥabtu)	صاحبو (ṣāḥabu)
past	f	صاحبت (ṣāḥabt)	صاحبتي (ṣāḥabti)	صاحبت (ṣāḥabat)	صاحبنا (ṣāḥabna)	صاحبتو (ṣāḥabtu)	صاحبو (ṣāḥabu)
present	m	بصاحب (baṣāḥeb)	بتصاحب (bitṣāḥeb)	بصاحب (biṣāḥeb)	منصاحب (minṣāḥeb)	بتصاحبو (bitṣāḥbu)	بصاحبو (biṣāḥbu)
present	f	بصاحب (baṣāḥeb)	بتصاحبي (bitṣāḥbi)	بتصاحب (bitṣāḥeb)	منصاحب (minṣāḥeb)	بتصاحبو (bitṣāḥbu)	بصاحبو (biṣāḥbu)
subjunctive	m	اصاحب (aṣāḥeb)	تصاحب (tṣāḥeb)	يصاحب (yṣāḥeb)	نصاحب (nṣāḥeb)	تصاحبو (tṣāḥbu)	يصاحبو (yṣāḥbu)
subjunctive	f	اصاحب (aṣāḥeb)	تصاحبي (tṣāḥbi)	تصاحب (tṣāḥeb)	نصاحب (nṣāḥeb)	تصاحبو (tṣāḥbu)	يصاحبو (yṣāḥbu)
imperative	m		صاحب (ṣāḥeb)			صاحبو (ṣāḥbu)
imperative	f		صاحبي (ṣāḥbi)			صاحبو (ṣāḥbu)

Etymology 2

From Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sˤaː.ħeb/, [ˈsˤɑː.ħɪb]
Audio (Jerusalem): (file)

Noun

صاحب • (ṣāḥeb) m (plural أصحاب (ʔaṣḥāb) or صحاب (ṣḥāb), feminine صاحبة (ṣāḥbe))

friend, companion
Synonym: صديق (ṣadīq)
(by extension) boyfriend
owner, possessor
صاحب البيت ― ṣāḥeb il-bēt ― the landlord (literally, “the owner of the house”)

Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ṣāḥib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦɪb/
- (obsolete) IPA^(key): /sɑː.ɦəb/
(Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /sɑːb/, /sɑː.ɦəb/
Rhymes: -ɪb
Hyphenation: صا‧حِب

Noun

صاحِب • (sāhib) m (feminine صاحبہ, Hindi spelling साहिब)

صاحب

Arabic

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Noun

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Derived terms

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See also

Verb

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References

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

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Noun

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Noun

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Proper noun

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Urdu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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