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Vinony

bibi

noun

  1. woman, lady
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Wiktionary

name

Etymology: From Hebrew בִּיבִּי (bibi), reduplication of a clipped form of בִּנְיָמִין (binyamín, “Benjamin”).

  1. Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu.

    “This time, though, I think Bibi drove one wedge too many into the heart of Israel’s body politic.”

noun

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

  1. A grandmother.
  2. 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.”