خانم

خانم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From خان‎ (han, “king, ruler”) + a feminine suffix for nobility titles.[1]

Noun

خانم • (hanım)

1. lady, woman
2. Miss, Mrs, Lady
3. wife

Derived terms

• خانمجق‎ (hanımcık)
• خانملق‎ (hanımlık)

Descendants

• Ladino: hanum
• Turkish: hanım
• → Armenian: հանըմ (hanəm), խանում (xanum), խանըմ (xanəm)
• → Bulgarian: ханъ́ма (hanǎ́ma)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хану̀ма

  Latin: hanùma

References

1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hanım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Persian

Alternative forms

• خانوم‎ (xânum)

Etymology

From خان‎ (xân) and the genitive enclitic -em, or perhaps from Persian کانم‎ (kânom, “a married woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [xɒːˈnʊm]

Noun

خانم • (xânom) (plural خانم‌ها‎ (xânom-hâ))

1. Mrs, Ms
2. lady

   Synonym: بانو‎ (bânu)

3. madam (Used in Iran especially in 19th century)