Etymology

sahabi

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Today it means: A (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Full definition →

Arabic صَحَابِيّ
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromصَحَابِيّ“companion”
  2. English todaySahabi

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.