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pukka sahib

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from पक्का साहिब — “genuine master”
  2. derived from پکا صاحِب

Definitions

  1. A person of excellent character.

    • '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?'

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