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From: "Joan Birtles" <>
Subject: Re: [INDIA] Meaning of Bai
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:42:18 +1100
References: <572931.78238.qm@web25503.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Thank you also skp for the extra info on the use of 'bai'
Joan


> Arvind is right.However use of bai for a maid servant is a tradition of
> politeness that people doing menial jobs are given high sounding titles..
> Thus bhisti,mehtar etc(man of paradise,title of tribal chief)
> skp


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