بیگم

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See also: بيگم and بیكم

Persian

Etymology

From بیگ (beyg, “titled man, chief”) (from Proto-Turkic *bēg; see there for more) and the genitive enclitic -em, or perhaps from بگم (bagam, “queen”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Ottoman Turkish بكم (beyim), Uzbek begim. Compare خانم (xânom).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bēgum
Dari reading? bēgum
Iranian reading? beygom
Tajik reading? begum

Noun

بیگم • (beygom)

  1. begum
  2. lady (of rank)

Descendants

Punjabi

Etymology

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Noun

بیگَم • (begam) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੇਗਮ)

  1. begum

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بیگم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Pronunciation

Noun

بیگَم • (begam) f (formal plural بیگمات, Hindi spelling बेगम)

  1. begum
  2. lady (of rank)
    Synonym: بی بی (bī bī)
  3. wife
    Synonym: بِیوِی (bīvī)
  4. (card games) queen

See also

Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
اِکّا (ikkā) دُکّا (dukkā) تِکّا (tikkā) چَوکا (caukā) پَن٘جا (pañjā) چَھکّا (chakkā) سَتّا (sattā)
اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) نَہْلا (nahlā) دَہْلا (dahlā) غُلام (ġulām) بیگَم (begam) بادْشاہ (bādśāh) جوکَر (jokar)
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