बीबी
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bibi"
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī). Compare Bengali বিবি (bibi), Dhivehi ބިބީ (bibī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /biː.biː/
Noun
बीबी • (bībī) f (Urdu spelling بی بی)
- (by Muslims) woman, lady
- Synonyms: महिला (mahilā), औरत (aurat)
- बीबी का मक़बरा ― bībī kā maqabrā ― Bibi Ka Maqbara, "tomb of the lady"
- wife
- a term of respect or endearment for women: lady, madam; sister; sister-in-law
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | बीबी bībī |
बीबियाँ bībiyā̃ |
| oblique | बीबी bībī |
बीबियों bībiyõ |
| vocative | बीबी bībī |
बीबियो bībiyo |
Descendants
- → Dhivehi: ބިބީ (bibī)
- → English: bibi, beebee, Bibi
- → Malay: bibi (“father or mother's younger sister, aunt”)
- → Javanese: bibi (“aunt”)
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “बीबी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House