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 • (bēgaṃ) ? (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

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