بكم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani bəyim, Uzbek begim. Doublet of بیگم (begüm).

Noun

بكم • (beyim)

  1. begum; female equivalent of بك (bey)
    Synonym: بیگم (begüm)

Descendants
  • Turkish: beyim

Further reading
  • “بكم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, 1881, page 309
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