bibi

A grandmother.

Noun

  1. A grandmother.
  2. A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
    • 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. - 2010, Stephen Markel, Tushara Bindu Gude, India's...

Origin

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

Forms

bibis beebee

Related

bibiji