Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pukka sahib

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: pukka sahib
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person of excellent character.

Informal

Example Sentences

"'You can take it from me that she's all right. She's a pukka sahib.'"
"'Why iss it that always you are abusing the pukka sahibs, as you call them?'"
"His (Lee Kuan Yew) first visit to Sri Lanka coincided with the victory of Bandaranaike’s (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike) newly created Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he calls him a dapper little man, well dressed, articulate and a ‘Pukka Sahib’ a term invented by the British to call the inhabitants of their colonies who followed their ways."

Etymology

From Urdu پکا صاحِب / Hindi पक्का साहिब (pakkā sāhib, “genuine master”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: پکا صاحِب, पक्का साहिब

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

pukka sahibs (plural)

Questions

What does pukka sahib mean?: A person of excellent character.
Where does pukka sahib come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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