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Pukka sahib (/ ˈ p ʌ k ə ˈ s ɑː (ɪ) b / PUK-ə SAH(-i)b) [1] is a slang term taken from the Hindi words for "substantial" (literally "ripe") and "master". Among English users, "pukka" came to signify "first class" or "absolutely genuine", so that the combined phrase can be translated as "true gentleman" or "excellent fellow".
Pukka sahib, an Indian term for British civil servants This page was last edited on 15 May 2023, at 06:03 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Sahib or Saheb (/ ˈ s ɑː h ɪ b /; Arabic: صاحب) is an Arabic title meaning 'companion'. It was historically used for the first caliph Abu Bakr in the Quran.. As a loanword, Sahib has passed into several languages, including Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Crimean Tatar, [1] Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rohingya and Somali.
As the story opens, U Po Kyin, a corrupt Burmese magistrate, is planning to destroy the reputation of the Indian, Dr Veraswami. The doctor hopes for help from his friend John Flory who, as a pukka sahib (European white man), has higher prestige. Dr Veraswami also desires election to the town's European Club, of which Flory is a member ...
Pukka sahib; Punkah wallah; S. Sahib; T. Tiffin This page was last edited on 2 November 2014, at 14:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Pukka sahib; This page was last edited on 12 December 2016, at 12:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
The Pukka Sahib – Tr: Bikram K Das, Harper Collins, 2001; Stories – Tr: Paul St-Pierre, Leela and K K Mahapatra, Grassroots, 2003; Dear Jester – Tr: R K Swain and Paul St-Pierre, Rupa, 2004; The Will – Tr: Ashok Mohanty, Sahitya Akademi, 2007
Golden temple, Amritsar . Goindwal Sahib, Tarn Taran; Gurdwara Baba Atal, Amritsar; Gurdwara Baba Bakala Sahib, Baba Bakala; Gurudwara Baba Gurditta, Chandpur Rurki; Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, Patiala