बीबी

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See also: Bibi, bibi, bìbì, bǐbǐ, бибі, بی‌بی, بی بی, ބިބީ, and বিবি

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī). Compare Bengali বিবি (bibi), Dhivehi ބިބީ (bibī).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /biː.biː/

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: bibi

References[edit]

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