mai-baap

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which language?”) Literally "mother-father".

Adjective[edit]

mai-baap (not comparable)

  1. (India) Applied to a style of government that is a benevolent dictatorship or nanny state.