بیبی
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bibi"
Chagatai
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian بِیبِی (bī-bī, “matron”), ultimately a Lallwort; see there for more.
Noun
بیبی (bibi)
- lady, a high respected woman
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | بیبی bibi |
بیبیلار bibilär |
| genitive | بیبینینک bibiniŋ |
بیبیلارنینک bibilärniŋ |
| definite accusative | بیبینی bibini |
بیبیلارنی bibilärni |
| dative | بیبیغە bibigä |
بیبیلارغە bibilärgä |
| ablative | بیبیدین bibidin |
بیبیلاردین bibilärdin |
| locative | بیبیدە bibidä |
بیبیلاردە bibilärdä |
Descendants
- Uyghur: بۈۋى (büwi), بۈبى (bübi), بۈبۈ (bübü), بۈگۈ (bügü, “female religious leader, honorable woman”)
- Uzbek: buvi (“grandma, mom; female honorific”), bibi (“grandma; component of female names”), büw, büwi (“old lady”) (colloquial)
Further reading
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 379-382
Kipchak
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian بِیبِی (bī-bī, “matron”), ultimately a Lallwort; see there for more.
Noun
بیبی (bibi)
Further reading
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)[2] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 379-382
Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Classical Persian بِیبِی (bī-bī, “matron”), ultimately a Lallwort; see there for more.
Noun
بیبی • (bibi)
Descendants
- Ottoman Turkish: بیبی (bibi, “lady, aunt”)
- Turkish: (dialectal or colloquial) bibi (“aunt”), (dialectal, Konya) bibü
- Azerbaijani: bibi (“paternal aunt”)
Further reading
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)[3] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 379-382
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بیبی (bibi, “lady”), likely from Classical Persian بِیبِی (bī-bī, “matron”), ultimately a Lallwort; see there for more.
Noun
بیبی • (bibi)
Descendants
- Turkish: (dialectal or colloquial) bibi (“aunt”), (dialectal, Konya) bibü
Further reading
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)[4] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 379-382
Persian
Noun
بیبی • (bībī / bibi) (Tajik spelling бибӣ)
- alternative spelling of بیبی (bī-bī / bi-bi, “grandmother, lady”)
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- بِیوِی (bīvī)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بِیبِی (bī-bī, “lady”).
Noun
بِیبی • (bībī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੀਬੀ)
- lady (polite term of address)
- (colloquial) A term of address for one's mother, sister, daughter, or daughter-in-law.