भाभी

See also: भो भो

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀪 (*bhābbha), from baby talk. Cognate with Bengali ভাবী (bhabi)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʱɑː.bʱiː/, [bʱäː.bʱiː]

Noun

भाभी • (bhābhī) f (masculine भैया, Urdu spelling بھابھی)

1. elder brother's wife
2. term of address for any woman of one's age; sister

Declension

Declension of भाभी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	भाभी bhābhī	भाभियाँ bhābhiyā̃
oblique	भाभी bhābhī	भाभियों bhābhiyõ
vocative	भाभी bhābhī	भाभियो bhābhiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “भाभी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhābbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press