بیگم

See also: بيگم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum). Doublet of بكم (beyim).

Noun

بیگم • (begüm)

  1. begum
    Synonym: بكم (beyim)

Descendants
  • Turkish: begüm

Further reading
  • “بك”, in Lehce-i Osmânî‎, volume 1, 1873, page 209

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
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [beː.ɡʊ́m]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [beː.ɡʊ́m]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [beː.ɡúm]

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
  • بیگما

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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