Begüm

See also: begum, beguem, Begum, and bégum

Turkish

Etymology

Related to bey (“mister”). Compare the similar transformation han (“khan”) → hanım (“lady”).

Proper noun

Begüm

1. a female given name

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “Begüm”, in Nişanyan Sözlük