begum, a high-ranking Muslim lady (who is typically married) · wife
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum), feminine form of بگ (bēg, “chief”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg. Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Uzbek begim.
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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).