Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Persian خانم (xânom, madame, Mrs).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [χɑˈnɯ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: ха‧ным

Noun edit

ханым (xanım)

  1. mistress, madame
  2. (used in postposition) form of polite address for a married woman

Declension edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic حانىم
Cyrillic ханым
Latin xanym
Yañalif xanьm

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian خانوم (xānūm), خانم (xānum).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /χɑ.nəm/
  • Hyphenation: ха‧ным

Noun edit

ханым (xanym)

  1. mistress, madame, lady
  2. queen
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /χɑ.nəm/
  • Hyphenation: ха‧ным

Noun edit

ханым (xanym)

  1. first-person singular possessed form of хан (xan, khan)

Ubykh edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish خانم (hanim).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ханым (xanəm) (plural ханымԯа)

  1. madame, lady