SAHIB  , a See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of respect in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, specially used to designate Europeans . The word is Arabic, and originally means a See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion . It is generically fixed to the titles of men of See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, as See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan Sahib, See also:

• NAWAB

Nawab Sahib, See also:

• RAJA

Raja Sahib, and is See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master . The proper feminine See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is sahiba; but the hybrid See also:

• TERM

term memsahib (from madam and sahib) is universally used in India for See also:

• EUROPEAN

European ladies .