EGAVE

babu

About 0.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Originally, a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official.
  3. noun an archetypical Indian bureaucrat, perceived as being corrupt, lazy or arrogant.

Similar words

baboo abo abu abi abou baba papaji prabhu bapu bhabhi

Often followed by

and was rajendra had ram is has to in

Word family

baboo baboos babus

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