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bibi en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (India) A grandmother.
2. (India, obsolete) 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 Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, page 59:

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