బేగం
Telugu
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urdu بیگم and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hindi बेगम (begam, “lady”), from East (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "trk" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. begüm
Beg (a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey)+ um (feminine suffix for nobility titles). Compare with خانم (hanım).
Noun
బేగం • (bēgaṁ) ? (plural బేగాలు)
- a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan.
- the form of address for such a woman.
Derived terms
- బేగంపేట (bēgampēṭa)
References
- "begüm." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “begüm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük