Respectful way to address male relative keeping a hotel (5)
I believe the answer is:
sahib
'respectful way to address male' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'relative keeping a hotel' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'sib' (sib is short for sibling).
'keeping' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters kept inside).
'hotel' becomes 'h' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'a'+'h'='ah'
'sib' going around 'ah' is 'SAHIB'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sahib that I've seen before include "European in India" , "Cultured man" , "Asian title" , "Sir (raj)" , "A term for an Englishman in India" .)