Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sahabi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: sa-habi
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Sahabi.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَابِيّ (ṣaḥābiyy, “companion”), from صَحِبَ (ṣaḥiba, “to be a companion”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: صَحَابِيّ, ص ح ب

Inflected Forms

Sahaba (plural) Sahabah (plural) Sahabis (plural)

Questions

What does sahabi mean?: A (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Where does sahabi come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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