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 script: хану̀ма
    Latin script: hanùma

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

Persian

Alternative forms
  • خانوم‎ (xânum)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /xɔˈnum/

Noun
Dari خانم
Iranian Persian
Tajik хонум (xonum)

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

  1. Mrs, Ms
  2. lady
    Synonym: بانو‎ (bânu)
  3. madam (Used in Iran especially in 19th century)
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