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)

  1. (by Muslims) woman, lady
    Synonyms: महिला (mahilā), औरत (aurat)
    बीबी का मक़बरा ― bībī kā maqabrā ― Bibi Ka Maqbara, "tomb of the lady"
  2. (uncommon) wife
    Synonyms: पत्नी (patnī), बीवी (bīvī)

Declension

Declension of बीबी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct बीबी
bībī 		बीबियाँ
bībiyā̃
oblique बीबी
bībī 		बीबियों
bībiyõ
vocative बीबी
bībī 		बीबियो
bībiyo

Descendants

  • → English: bibi

References

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बीबी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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