babu.
A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.
Meaning & usage
A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man.
Originally, a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official.
an archetypical Indian bureaucrat, perceived as being corrupt, lazy or arrogant.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Hindi बाबू (bābū), from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *बाब्ब (bābba), imitative of baby talk.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.