Begum Definition

bāgəm, bē-
noun
A Muslim woman of rank.
American Heritage
In Pakistan and certain other Muslim countries, a lady of high rank.
Webster's New World
Used as a form of address for such a woman.
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A high ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan.

Wiktionary
The form of address for such a woman.
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verb

To daub or cover with gum.

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pronoun

A Muslim honorific for a high-ranking woman, with its origin in India and Pakistan, that has become a surname in the west.

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Other Word Forms of Begum

Noun

Singular:
begum
Plural:
begums

Origin of Begum

  • Urdu begam from East Turkic begüm first person sing. possessive of beg master, mistress bey

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Beg (A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey)+ um (feminine suffix for nobility titles) Compare with خانم (hanım).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Urdu بیگم and Hindi बेगम (begam, “lady”), from East Turkic begüm

    From Wiktionary

  • From be- +‎ gum.

    From Wiktionary

Begum Sentence Examples

  • The Martiniere was captured on the 9th of March and the Begum Kothi on the 11th.

  • The begum was charged with having abetted Chait Sing in his rebellion; and after the severest pressure applied to herself and her attendant eunuchs, a fine of more than a million sterling was exacted from her.

  • Hodson was killed on the iith of March 1858 in the attack on the Begum Kotee at Lucknow.

  • In his case the ancestral hoards were under the control of his mother, the begum of Oudh, into whose hands they had been allowed to pass at the time when Hastings was powerless in council.

  • The throne has descended in the female line since 1844, when Sikandar Begum became ruler.

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Words Starting With

BBEBEG

Words Ending With

MUMGUM

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With B and Ending With M

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