Bai (honorary title)

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Bai , hindi बाई (transcription bāī ), is a respectful form of address or an Indian honorary title for women, meaning "madam", "madam (e)".

It is placed after the name, e.g. B. with Tara Bai , Ahilya Bai Holkar .

It is also used for singers or dancers, also in the sense of " prostitute ".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Margot Gatzlaff-Hälsig (ed.): Hand dictionary Hindi German . Hamburg: Buske 2002, p. 934; John T. Platts: A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English . 5th edition Oxford: OUP 1930 (ND 1982), p. 129, sv bā'ī