Etymology

begum

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Today it means: To daub or cover with gum. Full definition →

English gum ← Middle English gumme ← Anglo-Norman gome
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begum · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Egyptianqmy
  12. Egyptianqmyt
  13. Ancient Greekκόμμι (kómmi)
  14. Latincummis
  15. Late Latingumma
  16. Anglo-Normangome
  17. Middle Englishgumme
  18. Englishgum
  19. English todaybegum

From be- + gum.

begum · noun2

  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromبیگم
  2. English todaybegum

From Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum), from East Turkic begüm, from beg (a title of nobility in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia) + -um (feminine suffix for titles of nobility). Compare Classical Persian خانم (xānum).

Begum · proper noun, noun3

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromبیگم
  2. English todayBegum

Ultimately from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

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