name
Meaning 1
A surname from Hindi.
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Standard Lemma guide
bibi
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: B IH0 B IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B IY2 B IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu.
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noun
Meaning 3
A grandmother.
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Usage: India
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noun
Meaning 4
A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, obsolete
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बीबी (bībī) / Urdu بی بی (bī bī, “woman, lady (by Muslims)”), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
From Hebrew בִּיבִּי (bibi), reduplication of a clipped form of בִּנְיָמִין (binyamín, “Benjamin”). The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported that nickname was used to distinguish Benjamin Netanyahu from another homonymous older cousin.
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).