Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Uzbek begim. Doublet of بیگم (begüm).

Noun edit

بكم (beyim)

  1. begum; female equivalent of بك (bey)
    Synonym: بیگم (begüm)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: beyim

Further reading edit

  • بكم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], 1881, page 309