sahibEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishsahib /sɑːb , ˈsɑː(h)ɪb , ˈsɑːɪb / (also sahab) ▸ noun Indian English a polite title or form of address for a man: the Doctor Sahib. – ORIGIN Urdu, via Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib ‘friend, lord’.