different between begum vs beegum

English

Etymology 1

be- +? gum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b????m/

Verb

begum (third-person singular simple present begums, present participle begumming, simple past and past participle begummed)

1. (transitive) To daub or cover with gum.

Etymology 2

From Urdu ????? and Hindi ???? (begam, “lady”), from East Turkic begüm, from Beg (a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey) + -um (feminine suffix for titles of nobility). Compare ????? (han?m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be???m/, /?b???m/

Noun

begum (plural begums)

1. a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan
   • 1850, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Chapter 1,^[1]

     He went to India with his capital, and there, according to a wild legend in our family, he was once seen riding on an elephant, in company with a Baboon; but I think it must have been a Baboo—or a Begum.
2. the form of address for such a woman

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Related terms

• bey (male form of begum)

Anagrams

• gumbe

English

Noun

beegum (plural beegums)

1. Alternative spelling of bee gum