begum
English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
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- (transitive) To daub or cover with gum.
Etymology 2
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 360: 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,[1] from Beg (a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey) + -um (feminine suffix for titles of nobility).[2] Compare خانم (hanım).
Pronunciation
Noun
begum (plural begums)
- a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan
- 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 1,[1]
- He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo—or a Begum.
- 1872, James De Mille, The Cryptogram[2], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:
- She was the daughter of an English officer, who having fallen in love with an Indian Begum gave up home, country, and friends, and married her.
- 2012, The Economist, Bangladesh: Out of the basket
- toxic politics dominated by the bitter infighting of the “battling begums” (the widow and daughter of former presidents, who lead the two main parties).
- 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 1,[1]
- the form of address for such a woman
Translations
a high ranking woman
References
- ^ "begüm." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “begüm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Related terms
- bey (male form of begum)