बेगम

See also: बेगमा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگم (bēgum).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /beː.ɡəm/, [beː.ɡɐ̃m]

Noun

बेगम • (begam) f (Urdu spelling بیگم)

  1. begum; high-ranking Muslim lady; queen
  2. (chess or cards) queen

Declension
Declension of बेगम (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बेगम
begam		 बेगमें
begamẽ
oblique बेगम
begam		 बेगमों
begamõ
vocative बेगम
begam		 बेगमो
begamo

Alternative forms
  • बेग़म (beġam) — hypercorrection

Coordinate terms
Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
इक्का (ikkā) दुक्की (dukkī) तिक्की (tikkī) चौका (caukā) पंजा (pañjā) छक्का (chakkā) सत्ता (sattā)
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) नहला (nahlā) दहला (dahlā) ग़ुलाम (ġulām) बेगम (begam) बादशाह (bādśāh) जोकर (jokar)
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