旦那様
解説 Definition
sahib は、南アジアで男性への敬称として使われた「旦那様」「さん」に近い意味です。日本語のカタカナ語としてはあまり一般的ではなく、植民地時代や南アジアの文脈で見かける語です。
A respectful title or form of address formerly used widely in South Asia for a man, especially one of high status or a European during the colonial period. In English, it now occurs mainly in historical or South Asian contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sahib は南アジアで男性に敬意を示す呼称として使われ、英語では植民地時代のインドを描く物語や歴史記述でよく見ます。現代の日常英語で一般的な sir と同じ感覚で無条件に使う語ではありません。called him sahib や Sahib, please のような呼びかけを、時代・地域の文脈ごと覚えましょう。
Learn sahib as a context-sensitive title rather than as an everyday substitute for sir. Picture a historical story set in colonial India, where a servant, clerk, or subordinate addresses a respected male visitor as sahib. That setting captures both the respectful force and the word’s strong regional and historical associations. Modern usage varies across South Asian languages and communities, so English learners should recognize it in books and historical discussion without assuming that it is appropriate in every present-day conversation.
例文
The servant called the visitor sahib.
召使いは訪問者を旦那様と呼びました。
In the old story, the clerk says sahib with respect.
その古い物語では、店員が敬意を込めて旦那様と言います。
The word sahib appears often in books set in colonial India.
sahib という語は、植民地時代のインドを舞台にした本によく出てきます。
sahib の類義語・関連語
sahib の語源・成り立ち Etymology
アラビア語 ṣāḥib「仲間・主人」が、ペルシア語やヒンディー・ウルドゥー語を経て英語に入った語。語根 ṣ-ḥ-b は「連れ添う」を表し、Sahaba や musahib と同根。もとは「そばにいる大切な人」から、敬意をこめた「旦那様・ご主人」の呼びかけになった。
Sahib entered English from Hindi and Urdu sāhib, which came through Persian from Arabic ṣāḥib. The Arabic word means a companion, associate, owner, or master and is derived from a root associated with accompanying someone. In Persian and South Asian usage, it developed into a respectful title or form of address. English adopted it especially in the context of British rule in India, where it was often applied to European men or men of recognized status.
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