sahabi

S1A1H4A1B3I1

noun

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

OriginArabic صَحَابِيّ →
Scrabble 11
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

sahabi1

nounsahabi (plural sahaba or sahabah)

plural sahaba · plural sahabah

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sahabi.

Sahabi2

nounSahabi (plural Sahaba or Sahabah or Sahabis)

plural Sahaba · plural Sahabah · plural Sahabis · alternative sahabi

  1. historicalA (usually male) companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Origin

  1. Arabicصَحَابِيّ“companion”
  2. EnglishSahabi

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

More words from Arabic

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic صَحَابِيّ, صَحَابَة
  • صَحَابِيّ (ṣaḥābiyy)Translations
  • صَحَابَة (ṣaḥāba)Translations
Bengali সাহাবী
  • সাহাবী (śahabi)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Baisha
Cite this entry
APA

sahabi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sahabi

MLA

“sahabi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sahabi. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sahabi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sahabi.

Source: sahabi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.