How the Urdu language influenced English with the word 'sahib'

'Sahib' is a word borrowed from Urdu 'sahib'. The word entered the English language some time around 1673.

sahib [noun] [1673]

• sir
• used especially among the native inhabitants of colonial India when addressing or speaking of a European of some s...

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note: A polite title or form of address for a man.
Etymology: Hindi 'sāhab' & Urdu 'ṣāḥib, ṣāḥab' companion, master, from Arabic 'ṣāḥib'

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