Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA grandmother. · A European woman in British India; sometimes a married man's mistress.
From Hindi बीबी (bībī), from Classical Persian بیبی (bī-bī).
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- Borrowed-form mentionबीबीhi
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