بیگم
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Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From بیگ (beyg, “titled man, chief”) (from Proto-Turkic *bēg; see there for more) and the genitive enclitic -em, or perhaps from بگم (bagam, “queen”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Ottoman Turkish بكم (beyim), Uzbek begim. Compare خانم (xânom).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [beː.ˈɡum]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bej.ɡóm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [be.ɡúm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | bēgum |
Dari reading? | bēgum |
Iranian reading? | beygom |
Tajik reading? | begum |
Noun
[edit]بیگم • (beygom)
Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: بيكُم (bēgum)
- → Bengali: বেগম (begom)
- → Gujarati: બેગમ (begam)
- → Hindustani:
- → Ottoman Turkish: بیگم (begüm)
- Turkish: begüm
- → Punjabi:
- → Sindhi: بيگم
Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).
Noun
[edit]بیگَم • (begam) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੇਗਮ)
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بیگم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /beː.ɡəm/
- Rhymes: -əm
Noun
[edit]بیگَم • (begam) f (formal plural بیگمات, Hindi spelling बेगम)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text) | ||||||
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اِکّا (ikkā) | دُکّا (dukkā) | تِکّا (tikkā) | چَوکا (caukā) | پَن٘جا (pañjā) | چَھکّا (chakkā) | سَتّا (sattā) |
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اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) | نَہْلا (nahlā) | دَہْلا (dahlā) | غُلام (ġulām) | بیگَم (begam) | بادْشاہ (bādśāh) | جوکَر (jokar) |
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