(India, fiction) A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.
(India, fiction) A genre of drama fiction concerning the relationship between the controlling evil mother of a husband (mother-in-law) and her dominated, downtrodden, meek daughter-in-law.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(India) A mother-in-law, especially the mother of the groom, who lives with the married couple.
An Indian internet slang term — specifically a phonetic respelling of 'sir' as pronounced with a strong South Indian accent, particularly associated with Tamil Nadu. It went from a genuine honorific to a beloved meme staple, used to mock over-the-top deference, corporate brown-nosing, or the exaggerated politeness of certain customer-service interactions. Now it's deployed with pure affection by South Indians and everyone familiar with the meme ecosystem around it.
An Indian person.
(derogatory, chiefly, social media) an archetypical Indian bureaucrat, perceived as being corrupt, lazy or arrogant.