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Bibi

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Hindi.
  2. 2
    Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu.

    "This time, though, I think Bibi drove one wedge too many into the heart of Israel’s body politic."

Noun
  1. 1
    A grandmother. India
  2. 2
    A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress. India, obsolete

    "The bibis of European men were treated in the same way as upper-class Muslim women, that is, they were kept hidden from view and did not mingle socially with men."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi बीबी (bībī) / Urdu بی بی (bī bī, “woman, lady (by Muslims)”), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).

Etymology 3

From Hebrew בִּיבִּי (bibi), reduplication of a clipped form of בִּנְיָמִין (binyamín, “Benjamin”).

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