different between begum vs begaum

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

Etymology

be- +? gaum

Verb

begaum (third-person singular simple present begaums, present participle begauming, simple past and past participle begaumed)

1. (rare, US and Britain, dialects, chiefly in the past tense) To smear (with something sticky or messy).