बीबी
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī). Compare Bengali বিবি (bibi), Dhivehi ބިބީ (bibī).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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"
- (uncommon) wife
Declension
[edit]Declension of बीबी (fem ī-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: bibi
References
[edit]- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बीबी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House