Begum

//bəˈɡʌm//

Synonyms for "begum" (4 found)

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Translations

13 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • بيكُم noun (a high ranking woman)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • bəyim noun (a high ranking woman)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বেগম noun (a high ranking woman)

German

1 entries
  • Begum noun (a high ranking woman)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बेगम noun (a high ranking woman)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بیگم noun (a high ranking woman)

Persian

1 entries
  • بیگم noun (a high ranking woman)

Russian

1 entries
  • бе́гума noun (a high ranking woman)

Swedish

1 entries
  • begum noun (a high ranking woman)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బేగం noun (a high ranking woman)

Turkish

1 entries
  • begüm noun (a high ranking woman)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بیگَم noun (a high ranking woman)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • begim noun (a high ranking woman)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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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.

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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.

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toxic politics dominated by the bitter infighting of the “battling begums” (the widow and daughter of former presidents, who lead the two main parties).

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It was a known fact that an envoy from an Indian Prince, a Colonel Altamont, the Nawaub of Lucknow’s prime favourite, an extraordinary man, who had, it was said, embraced Mahometanism, and undergone a thousand wild and perilous adventures was at present in this country, trying to negotiate with the Begum Clavering, the sale of the Nawaub’s celebrated nose-ring diamond, ‘the light of the Dewan.’

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