transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsä-ˌ(h)ib, -ˌ(h)ēb, ˌsä-ˈ ]
noun
Etymology: Hindi sāhab & Urdu ṣāḥib, ṣāḥab companion, master, from Arabic ṣāḥib
Date: 1673
: sir , master — used especially among the native inhabitants of colonial India when addressing or speaking of a European of some social or official status