بیبی
Persian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /biː.ˈbiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biː.bíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː.bíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bi.bí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bībī |
| Dari reading? | bībī |
| Iranian reading? | bibi |
| Tajik reading? | bibi |
Noun
بیبی • (bi-bi)
- (chiefly Dari, Tajik; dialectal in Iran) grandma
- a respectful title for senior women
- آرامگاهِ بیبی شهربانو ― ârâmgâh-e bi-bi šahrbânu ― Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine
- (card games) queen
- (archaic) matron
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | بیبی (bibí) | بی‌بی‌ها، بی‌بیا△ (bibi-hấ, bibiấ△) |
| definitive direct object | بیبی را، بیبی رو△ (bibí râ, bibí ro△) | بی‌بی‌ها را، بی‌بیا رو△ (bibi-hấ râ, bibiấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | بیبی (bibí-ye) | بی‌بی‌های، بی‌بیای△ (bibi-hấ-ye, bibiấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
بیبی (bibí) | بی‌بی‌هایی، بی‌بیایی△ (bibi-hấ-yi, bibiấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
Descendants
- → Bengali: বিবি (bibi)
- → Gujarati: બીબી (bībī)
- → Hindi: बीबी (bībī)
- → English: bibi
- → Khalaj: bîbi
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਬੀਬੀ (bībī)
- Shahmukhi script: بیبی (bībī)
- →? Romani: bibi
See also
واژِگانِ لَهْجِه‌هایِ فارْسیِ ایرانی بَرایِ خویشاوَنْدانِ نَسَبی
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Iranian Persian | Tehrani dialect | Abadani dialect | Kashani dialect | Shirazi dialect |
| mother | مادر (mâdar) | مامان (mâmân) | ننه (nene) | مامو (mâmo) | |
| grandmother | مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) | مامان‌بزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) | بیبی (bi-bi) | ماجون (mâjun) | بیبی (bi-bi) |
| father | پدر (pedar) | بابا (bâbâ) | دده (dede) | بابا (bâbâ) | بابو (bâbo) |
| grandfather | پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) | بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) | بو‌بزرگ (bovobozorg)
آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg) | ||
| sister | خواهر (xâhar) | آبجی (âbji) | دده (dade) | — | آباجی (âbâji) |
| older sister | خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) | آق‌‌باجی (âġ-bâji) | — | باجی (bâji) | شاباجی (šâbâji) |
| brother | برادر (barâdar) | داداش (dâdâš) | کا (kâ) | وردار (vardâr) | کاکو (kâko)
داچی (dâčči) (younger brother) |
| older brother | برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) | — | آکاکو (âkâko) | ||
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xâle) | ||||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
دایی (dâyi) | خالو (xâlu) | — | دئی (do'i) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amme) | ||||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
عمو (amu) | آمو, عامو (âmu) | — | آمو, عامو (âmu) | |
| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect |
|---|---|---|---|
| mother | مادر (mādar) | ننه (nana) | آبه (āba) |
| grandmother | مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) | بیبی (bī-bī) | آجه (āja) بیبی (bī-bī) |
| father | پدر (padar) | بابا (bābā) | آته (āta) |
| grandfather | پدرکلان (padar-kalān) | باباجی (bābājī) آغا (āġā) |
بابا (bābā) |
| sister | خواهر (xāhar) | خوار (xwār, xār) | |
| older sister | خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) | — | آغا (āġā) باجی (bājī) |
| brother | برادر (barādar) | بیادر (biyādar) | برار (birār) |
| older brother | برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) | لالا (lālā) | |
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xāla) | ||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
ماما (māmā) | ماما (māmā) تغایی (taġāyī) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amma) | ||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
کاکا (kākā) | ||
- When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
- In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
- In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).