बेगम

See also: बेगमा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai [Term?]. Compare Turkish begüm, Persian بیگم‎ (beygom).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /beː.ɡəm/, [beː.ɡə̃m]

Noun

बेगम • (begam) f (Urdu spelling بیگم‎)

  1. begum; high-ranking Muslim lady; queen
  2. (chess or cards) queen

Declension
Declension of बेगम (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बेगम
begam		 बेगमें
begamẽ
oblique बेगम
begam		 बेगमों
begamõ
vocative बेगम
begam		 बेगमो
begamo

Alternative forms
  • बेग़म (beġam) – hypercorrection
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