Baba Ji - Uncle Ji, Khala Ji - Aunty Ji

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Both terms used for aged people (those who have been retired).

So you see an aged person somewhere and you have to interact with him /her ( say to help them or get their help).

On what basis, will you chose to call them Baba ji / Khala ji or Uncle ji / Aunty ji?

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Meera ji. Veena ji. :chai:

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Humaima ji… :smiley:

ab aam aur naik buzrigon ka zikr ho jae?

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i usually address them by "moHtaram/moHtaramah" [for Muslims] and "shrimanji/sammaaniye" for Hindus/non Muslims.

never use the word Uncle or Baba Jii.

in Canada, sometimes use the word "Sir".

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muhtaram and muhatarma sounds like you are addressing people from your own age :p

How do you recognise that a person is Muslim or non-Muslim? by face?

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For men, its easy.. go with chacha jaan

But for niqabi women its the toughest, you start with Baji then go to bhabi then on to aunty/khala then on to nani jaan... when they start getting angry, you stop... go back one step

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:rotfl:

aap pehle pooch liya karen ‘zara chehra to karao’.

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Baba Ji for extremely aged.

Uncle ji for middle age…

Aunty ji is always safe… :hehe:

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Humra to ek hi tareeqa

Salam thokte hi apna mudaa biyan kar dete:sunnyboy:

kabhi kabhaar baba shaaba

aur aurton se jaan churrane ki koshish hoti k kahin agla v dimaag se na nikal jaaye:halo:

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I thought its not safe among all. aunties do mind when called aunty

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khwateen ko ‘babay / bi jee’ keh ke nahin bulate aap ke haan?

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Bulaate hain Bulaate honge

Hum apni baat karte hain sirf

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acha ji :sannan:

waise agar aap ko sirf uncle ji / baba ji main select karna paRe, aur raaste main ek suited booted aged person aur ek ba-resh tasbeeh pakRe aadmi ja raha ho to, aap donon ko kaise pukaren ge?

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Haan ji

Hum ne Aapko bataya na Humre paas salam hai
Hum wohi istimaal karte

bajaye agle ko chacha mama banane k

andar ki baat bataon

Hum observe kiye rahe
suited booted nire jaahil hote aur kuch kaam k nahi hote

aam aadmi fir bhi kaam aa jaata

magar aaj kal to daur hi aisa k koi kise da v nahi

bole to ahsaas napaaid ho gaya hai

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baabon ki baat per baby ka falsafiyana bayaan :salute:

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oh to Aap baba hain:hmmm:

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I just go with “sir” , actually its not the men who are an issue, its the ladies :frowning:

More then a few times now I got caught on the wrong end , when I called a visibly senior citizen “aunty” and she just went bazooka on me ! in attitude I mean :cb:

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Ok , having said that , I am a woman too , so have a funny incident to share .. my cousin and his wife were visiting me. The were driven to my house by an uncle who was in his 60’s. He kept addressing me as “baaji” .

Initially I got confused , coz to me baaji meant anyone older then the person himself ! I took it pretty weirdly until I spoke to my mother and shared with her. She clarified in Pakistani culture , most men just address ladies as baaji , irrespective of their age , its more to do with a respect thing then the age thing :hmmm:

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Re: Baba Ji - Uncle Ji, Khala Ji - Aunty Ji

Baaji is not for young people, but these dukaan walas at areas like Jama Cloth in Karachi and probably Anarkali at Lahore, had this habit of calling all ladies Baaji.

On other hand, many of our lady colleague (who traveled in public transport during college days), had an experience of being called ‘Khala’ by Pathan conductors. :cb: