Bibi (title)

Portrait of a Bibi, Lucknow (Oudh State) 1785

Bibi means Miss in Urdu and is frequently used as a respectful title for Muslim women in South Asia when added to the given name.

Bibi, like Begum, is used as a surname by some Muslim British Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women.[1]

Notable people known by this title

References

  1. A. R. Gatrad; Aziz Sheikh. "Muslim birth customs". Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2001;84:F6-F8 doi:10.1136/fn.84.1.F6. Archived from the original on 2015-02-05.
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