ꠛꠦꠉꠝ
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Sylheti
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum). Cognate with Hindustani (Hindi बेगम (begam), Urdu بیگم), Bengali বেগম (begom), Arabic بيكُم, Turkish بیگم.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ꠛꠦꠉꠝ • (begom)
Proper noun
[edit]ꠛꠦꠉꠝ • (begom)
See also
[edit]- ꠌꠗꠞꠣꠘꠤ (sodrani)
References
[edit]- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “begom”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.