بیگم

See also: بيگم and بیكم

Persian

Etymology

From بیگ (beyg, “titled man, chief”) (from Proto-Turkic *bēg; see there for more) and the genitive enclitic -em, or perhaps from بگم (bagam, “queen”). Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Ottoman Turkish بكم (beyim), Uzbek begim. Compare خانم (xânom).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beː.ˈɡum]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɡʊ́m]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɡʊ́m]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.ɡʊ́m]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beː.ɡúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bej.ɡóm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɡúm]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēgum
Dari reading?	bēgum
Iranian reading?	beygom
Tajik reading?	begum

Noun

بیگم • (beygom)

1. begum
2. lady (of rank)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بيكُم (bēgum)
• → Bengali: বেগম (begom)
• → Gujarati: બેગમ (begam)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बेगम (begam)

  Urdu: بیگَم (begam)

• → Ottoman Turkish: بیگم (begüm)
  • Turkish: begüm
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਬੇਗਮ (begam)
  • Shahmukhi script: بیگَم (begam)
• → Sindhi: بيگم

Punjabi

Etymology

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Noun

بیگَم • (begam) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੇਗਮ)

1. begum

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بیگم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː.ɡəm/
• Rhymes: -əm

Noun

بیگَم • (begam) f (formal plural بیگمات, Hindi spelling बेगम)

1. begum
2. lady (of rank)

   Synonym: بی بی (bī bī)

3. wife

   Synonym: بِیوِی (bīvī)

4. (card games) queen

Related terms

• بیگما

See also

Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
اِکّا (ikkā)	دُکّا (dukkā)	تِکّا (tikkā)	چَوکا (caukā)	پَن٘جا (pañjā)	چَھکّا (chakkā)	سَتّا (sattā)
اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā)	نَہْلا (nahlā)	دَہْلا (dahlā)	غُلام (ġulām)	بیگَم (begam)	بادْشاہ (bādśāh)	جوکَر (jokar)