Begum
5 dictionary results for: Begum
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
be·gum1 
[bee-guhm, bey-] Pronunciation Key
[bee-guhm, bey-] Pronunciation Key –noun
| (in India) a high-ranking Muslim woman, esp. a widow. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
be·gum2
[bi-guhm] Pronunciation Key
[bi-guhm] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -gummed, -gum·ming.
| to smear, soil, clog, etc., with or as if with gum or a gummy substance. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| be·gum
(bā'gəm, bē'-) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Urdu begam, from East Turkic begüm, first person sing. possessive of beg, master, mistress; see bey.] |
(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Begum
Beg\, n. [Turk. beg, pronounced bay. Cf. Bey, Begum.] A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Share This:
Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.