بيبي

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bibi"

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From English baby.

Pronunciation

Noun

بيبي • (bebi) m or f

  1. baby

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From English baby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː.bi/, [be̞ː.bi]

Noun

بيبي • (bēbi) m or f (plural بيبِيَّات (bēbiyyāt))

  1. baby

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biː.bi/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

بيبي • (bībi) m

  1. turkey
    Synonym: ديك رومي (dīk rūmi)

Omani Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بی‌بی (bī-bī / bi-bi, “matron”).[1] See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biː.biː/

Noun

بيبي (bībī)

  1. mistress

Descendants

  • → Swahili: bibi

References

  1. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963–1975), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 381

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From English baby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː.bi/, [ˈbeː.bi]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

بيبي • (bēbi) m or f (plural بيبيّات (bēbiyyāt))

  1. baby

See also

  • طفل (ṭifl, “young child, toddler”)
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