# sahib

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,705

## Definitions
1. A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India.

## Etymology
From Hindustani صاحب / साहिब (sāhib, “lord”), from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”).

## Easily confused with
- **shi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shi)
- **sai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sai)
- **said** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-said)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shit)
- **ship** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-ship)
- **sail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sail)
- **shin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shin)
- **Sami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sami)
- **shiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shiv)
- **sari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sari)
- **Shih** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shih)
- **saif** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-saif)
- **shim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-shim)
- **sais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sais)
- **saki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-saki)
- **satin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-satin)
- **sarin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sarin)
- **Sajid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-sajid)
- **savin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sahib-vs-savin)
- **sab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sab-vs-sahib)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ashib`, `sahbi`, `sahhib`, `sahibb`, `saihb`, `shaib`, `ssahib`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sahib