বেগম
Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگم (“bēgam”), which is from بگم (bagam, “queen”), from بگ (beyg, “titled man, chief”), from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (beg, “ruler”) from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (beg, “chief, titled man”). Cognate with Karakhanid باكْ (bēg, “chief, a woman's husband”) and Old Uyghur [script needed] (beg, “lord, chief”). Doublet of বেগ (beg).
Noun
বেগম • (begômô)
- (historically) begum, high-ranking Muslim lady that is typically married
- (modern) a Muslim woman and her form of address (which has become a surname in the West).
- wife
- আমার বাংলাদেশীবেগম থাকার কারণে আমি আহলে জবানের মতো বাংলা বলি।
- amar baṅgladeśī begôm thakar karôṇe ami ahle zôbaner môto baṅgla bôli.
- Because I have a Bangladeshi wife, I speak Bengali like a native speaker.
- Synonyms: বিবি (bibi), বউ (bôu), আওরত (aorôtô), আহলিয়াত (ahliyat), জরু (jôru)
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “বেগম” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “বেগম” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh