బేగం
Telugu
Etymology
From Urdu بیگم and Hindi बेगम (begam, “lady”), from East Turkic begüm.
Beg (a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey)+ um (feminine suffix for nobility titles). Compare with خانم (hanım).
Noun
బేగం • (bēgaṁ) ? (plural బేగాలు)
- a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan.
- the form of address for such a woman.
Derived terms
- బేగంపేట (bēgampēṭa)
References
- "begüm." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008.
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “begüm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük