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Begum vs Begaum - What's the difference?

begum | begaum |

As verbs the difference between begum and begaum

is that begum is to daub or cover with gum while begaum is to smear (with something sticky or messy).

As a noun begum

is a high ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan.

As a proper noun Begum

is a Muslim honorific for a high-ranking woman, with its origin in India and Pakistan, that has become a surname in the west.

begum

English

(wikipedia begum)

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

(begumm)
  • To daub or cover with gum.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from East (etyl) begüm "begüm." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008. Beg (A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey)+ um (feminine suffix for nobility titles) Compare with (han?m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a high ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=She was the daughter of an English officer, who having fallen in love with an Indian Begum gave up home, country, and friends, and married her. }}
  • *2012 , The Economist, Bangladesh: Out of the basket
    • [..] toxic politics dominated by the bitter infighting of the “battling begums ” (the widow and daughter of former presidents, who lead the two main parties).
  • the form of address for such a woman

    • References

    begaum

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To smear (with something sticky or messy).