خانم

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From خان (han, “king, ruler”) + a feminine suffix for nobility titles.[1]

Noun

خانم • (hanım)

  1. lady, woman
  2. Miss, Mrs, Lady
  3. wife

Descendants

  • Turkish: hanım
  • → Bulgarian: ханъ̀ма (hanǎ̀ma)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хану̀ма
    Latin script: hanùma

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hanım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From خان (xân) and the genitive enclitic -em, or perhaps from Persian کانم (kânom, “a married woman”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "IR" is not valid. See WT:LOL. IPA(key): [xɒːˈnʊm]

Noun

خانم • (xânom) (plural خانم‌ها (xânom-hâ))

  1. Mrs, Ms
  2. madam (Used in Iran especially in 19th century)
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