بیگم

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See also: بيگم and بیكم

Persian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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بیگم (beygom)

  1. begum
  2. lady (of rank)

Descendants

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Noun

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بیگَم (begamf (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੇਗਮ)

  1. begum

Further reading

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بیگَم (begamf (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
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See also

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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)