Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Uzbek begim. Doublet of بیگم (begüm).
بكم • (beyim)
- begum; female equivalent of بك (bey)
- Synonym: بیگم (begüm)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “بكم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], 1881, page 309