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Begun vs Begum - What's the difference?

begun | begum |

As a verb begun

is .

As a proper noun begum is

.

begun

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (begin)
    • English irregular past participles ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • begonia

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    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

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