Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Begum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Begum \Be"gum\, n. [Per., fr. Turk., perh. properly queen
mother, fr. Turk. beg (see {Beg}, n.) + Ar. umm mother.]
In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank.
--Malcom.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
begum
n : a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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