Definitions for babu

babu ba·bu

Spelling: [bah-boo]
IPA: /ˈbɑ bu/

Babu is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in babu (abbu).

Definitions for babu

noun

  1. a Hindu title of address equivalent to Sir, Mr., or Esquire.
  2. a Hindu gentleman.
  3. a native Indian clerk who can write English.
  4. Usually Disparaging. any native Indian having only a limited knowledge of English.

Origin of babu

First recorded in 1875-80, babu is from the Hindi word bābū

Examples for babu

babu Nilratan, the husband of Labanya, was a pleader at Buxar.

She had said herself that a babu read English books to her aloud.

Many persons will overlook a small charge, and well the babu knows it.

I was not too much shocked when the unnerved babu requested whisky!

But enough of the babu; I cannot think how he got into my letter.

We saw them all later on in Benares—thanks to the intercession of our babu.

He is notable as the restorer of babu and the reviver of its culture.

The Egyptian, like the babu, is fond of bursting into print.

Perhaps the babu is the thing too much in India; they could do without him.

“We never doubted that,” returned babu with a touch of surprise in his tone.

Word Value for babu
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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