बेगम

See also: बेगमा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बेग़म (beġam) — hypercorrection

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /beː.ɡəm/, [beː.ɡɐ̃m]

Noun

बेगम • (begam) f (male equivalent बेग, Urdu spelling بیگم)

1. begum; high-ranking Muslim lady; queen
2. (chess or cards) queen

Declension

Declension of बेगम (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बेगम begam	बेगमें begamẽ
oblique	बेगम begam	बेगमों begamõ
vocative	बेगम begam	बेगमो begamo

Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
इक्का (ikkā)	दुक्की (dukkī)	तिक्की (tikkī)	चौका (caukā)	पंजा (pañjā)	छक्का (chakkā)	सत्ता (sattā)
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā)	नहला (nahlā)	दहला (dahlā)	ग़ुलाम (ġulām)	रानी (rānī) बेगम (begam)	राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh)	जोकर (jokar)

Related terms

• बेगमा (begmā)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

बेगम • (begama) f (Perso-Arabic بيگَمَ)

1. begum

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “بيگَمَ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ, page 330
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “بَيگَمِہ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 59
• “बेगम”, in हिंदी-सिंधी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (hindī-sindhī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Hindi-Sindhi-English Trilingual Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Hindi), volume 2, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 463
• Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “बेगम”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries‎^[2]