bibi
A grandmother.
Noun
- A grandmother.
- 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).