بیبی
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bibi"
Persian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫁𐫏𐫏 𐫁𐫏 (byy by /bībī/, female title),[1][2] further etymology uncertain, but likely a Lallwort.[3][4] Compare بابا (bābā / bâbâ, “dad”) and also dialectal بوبو (būbū / bubu, “mother, (a woman's own) sister”).
cognates and more information
Iranian cognates include Mazanderani بیبی (bī-bī, “grandmother”), Northern Luri and Southern Luri میمی (mīmī, “patrernal aunt, aunt”), Bakhtiari بیوی (bīvī, “the wife of the chief of the tribe and any nobleman, the lady”), Southern Kurdish (dialectal, Gahvareh) میمی (mîmî, “paternal aunt, aunt”), Yaghnobi биби (bibi, “grandmother”), Shughni биби (bibi, “mistress, noble woman, grandmother”), and Ishkashimi bibi (“grandmother”).
Other etymologies have been proposed but are dubious or disputed:
- Dubiously derived from Middle Turkic (Old Anatolian Turkish بیبی (bibi, “lady, aunt”) and Chagatai بیبی (bibi, “lady, dame”); see also their descendants). It is likelier that Persian was the source of these terms.
- Relations to بیوه (bēwa / bive) as suggested by some are impossible, according to Doerfer, citing that the two words were different in Manichaean texts, and had different developments overall.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /biː.ˈbiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [biː.bíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [biː.bíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bi.bí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bībī |
| Dari reading? | bībī |
| Iranian reading? | bibi |
| Tajik reading? | bibi |
Noun
بیبی • (bī-bī / bi-bi) (Tajik spelling бибӣ)
- (chiefly Dari, Tajik; dialectal in Iran) grandma
- (archaic) matron
- a respectful title for senior women
- آرامگاهِ بیبی شهربانو ― ârâmgâh-e bi-bi šahrbânu ― Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine
- (card games) queen
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | بیبی (bibí) | بیبیها، بیبیا△ (bibi-hấ, bibiấ△) |
| definitive direct object | بیبی را، بیبی رو△ (bibí râ, bibí ro△) | بیبیها را، بیبیا رو△ (bibi-hấ râ, bibiấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | بیبی (bibí-ye) | بیبیهای، بیبیای△ (bibi-hấ-ye, bibiấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
بیبی (bibí) | بیبیهایی، بیبیایی△ (bibi-hấ-yi, bibiấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
Descendants
Descendants
- → Armenian: բիբի (bibi)
- → Bashkardi: بیبی (bibi)
- → Bengali: বিবি (bibi)
- → Chagatai: بیبی (bibi, “lady, dame”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Early Old Oghuz:
- → Gujarati: બીબી (bībī)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kalasha: بیبی (bībī)
- → Kashani: بیبی (bibi)
- → Khalaj: bîbi
- → Kazakh: бибі (bibı)
- → Larestani: بیبی (bibi)
- → Laz: ბიბი (bibi, “aunt”), ბიბიჲა (bibiya)
- → Mamluk-Kipchak: بیبی (bibi, “older sister”)
- → Mazanderani: بیبی (bibi)
- → Omani Arabic: بيبي (bībī, “mistress”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Parachi: bībī (“mistress”)
- → Punjabi:
- → Pashto: بيبي (bibi)
- → Romani: bibi
- → Sarikoli: بیبی (bībī)
- → Sanglechi: bībī (“grandmother, paternal aunt”)
- → Talysh: биби (bibi, “aunt”)
- → Western Yugur: bübi (“lady”), bibi
- → Yaghnobi: bībī
See also
| Iranian Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجههای فارسی ایرانی برای خویشاوندان نسبی vâžegân-e lahja-hâ-ye fârsi-ye irâni barâ-ye xišâvandân-e nasabi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Iranian Persian | Tehrani dialect | Abadani dialect | Kashani dialect | Shirazi dialect |
| mother | مادر (mâdar) | مامان (mâmân) | ننه (nene) | مامو (mâmo) | |
| grandmother | مادربزرگ (mâdar-bozorg) | مامانبزرگ (mâmân-bozorg) | بیبی (bi-bi) | ماجون (mâjun) | بیبی (bi-bi) |
| father | پدر (pedar) | بابا (bâbâ) | دده (dede) | بابا (bâbâ) | بابو (bâbo) |
| grandfather | پدربزرگ (pedar-bozorg) | بابابزرگ (bâbâbozorg) | بوبزرگ (bovobozorg)
آقوبزرگ (âġobozorg) | ||
| sister | خواهر (xâhar) | آبجی (âbji) | دده (dade) | — | آباجی (âbâji) |
| older sister | خواهربزرگ (xâhar-bozorg) | آقباجی (âġ-bâji) | — | باجی (bâji) | شاباجی (šâbâji) |
| brother | برادر (barâdar) | داداش (dâdâš) | کا (kâ) | وردار (vardâr) | کاکو (kâko)
داچی (dâčči) (younger brother) |
| older brother | برادربزرگ (barâdar-bozorg) | — | آکاکو (âkâko) | ||
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xâle) | ||||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
دایی (dâyi) | خالو (xâlu) | — | دئی (do'i) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amme) | ||||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
عمو (amu) | آمو, عامو (âmu) | — | آمو, عامو (âmu) | |
| Dari Persian dialectal kinship terms واژگان لهجههای فارسی دری برای خویشاوندان نسبی wāžagān-i lahja-hā-yi fārsī-yi darī barā-yi xēšāwandān-i nasabī | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Family member | Standard Dari | Kabuli dialect | Hazaragi dialect |
| mother | مادر (mādar) | ننه (nana) | آبه (āba) |
| grandmother | مادرکلان (mādar-kalān) | بیبی (bī-bī) | آجه (āja) بیبی (bī-bī) |
| father | پدر (padar) | بابا (bābā) | آته (āta) |
| grandfather | پدرکلان (padar-kalān) | باباجی (bābājī) آغا (āġā) |
بابا (bābā) |
| sister | خواهر (xāhar) | خوار (xwār, xār) | |
| older sister | خواهرکلان (xāhar-kalān) | — | آغا (āġā) باجی (bājī) |
| brother | برادر (barādar) | بیادر (biyādar) | برار (birār) |
| older brother | برادرکلان (barādar-kalān) | لالا (lālā) | |
| maternal aunt (mother's sister) |
خاله (xāla) | ||
| maternal uncle (mother's brother) |
ماما (māmā) | ماما (māmā) تغایی (taġāyī) | |
| paternal aunt (father's sister) |
عمه (amma) | ||
| paternal uncle (father's brother) |
کاکا (kākā) | ||
- When referring to older family members, both بزرگ (buzurg) and کلان (kalān) are correct, but the latter is more common in Afghanistan.
- In many dialects, cases of word final ـا (-ā) may be optionally shortened to ـه (-a), e.g. بابا (bābā) > بابه (bāba).
- In many dialects, terms ending in ـه (-a) or ـا (-ā) may have an epenthetic ـی (-y) added (unrelated to ezafe), e.g. عمه (amma) > عمی (ammay).
References
- ^ Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 123
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969), “čag. usw. bibi”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 75
- ^ Tietze, Andreas (2009), “بیبی”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume 2, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 379
Further reading
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “بی بی”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “بیبی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Jilani, Jon (2009), Tajik-English/English-Tajik practical dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20