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babu meaning in Hindi

बाबू

/ˈbɑːbuː/

babu in Hindi: बाबू. In English, babu means a Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.

Hindi words for babu

बाबू

English meaning of babu

  1. noun A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.
  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.

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Questions about babu in Hindi

What is the meaning of babu in Hindi?
Babu in Hindi is बाबू.
babu का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Babu: बाबू.
What does babu mean in English?
Babu means a Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.

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Hindi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “babu”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: babu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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