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🧑‍🎤 A person's name 👩‍🦱 Older sister
didi

didi

1 9.7
A respectful name for an older sister or older woman
  • noun
  • Indian
translation icon : hermana mayor
  • The terms didi and bahini can be used more broadly to include someone who is like a sister, for instance, a cousin.
  • didi and bahini

Examples

  • My didi always offers me advice when I need it.

  • I want you didi.

    Heaven & Earth (1993)

  • It was not composed of didi/bahini (sisters and cousins) from a single gaon, but of female students from a number of different gaons.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The children referred to their school teacher as didi out of respect.

  • During the festival, the girls dressed up and called each other didi.

Synonyms

mother
vsdidi
388 1.0

An older woman people call to show respect

does not assume a parental role and includes older sister usage
heynim
vsdidi
11 9.9

A polite word used in Korea to address an older person and show respect

is used in South Asian English rather than Korean usage
abuelita
vsdidi
  • Informal
1 9.7

A loving name for an older woman used like a grandmother

uses respectful address for elder women and also for older sisters
abuela
vsdidi
1 8.0

A polite name people use for an older woman who is not family

also applies specifically to an older sister

Surface Forms

didi singular
didis plural

Etymology

Didi comes from South Asian languages like Hindi and Bengali where it means 'older sister'. So people use didi to call an older sister or a respected woman, much like saying 'sis' in English.