| 词汇 | memsahib |
| 词源 | memsahib; sahib. Indians used to address British women as memsahib in the days when the sun never set on the Empire. The word is simply a feminine form of the Urdu sahib, “sir or master,” mem representing the English “ma’am.” The respectful title is first recorded in 1857, sahib attested to as far back as 1696. The terms are still used in India, but aren’t exclusively ap- plied to the British anymore. |
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