Begum
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Begum is an honorific title historically used in South Asia for Muslim women of high social rank, especially queens, princesses, and noblewomen.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Begum canonical | 28 |
| Begum (lady, noblewoman) | 1 |
| begum | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female honorific
ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ social title ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
noblewomen
ⓘ
princesses ⓘ queens ⓘ wives of rulers ⓘ women of high social rank ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Indo-Persian culture
ⓘ
Mughal court culture ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic honorific
ⓘ
noble title ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| denotes |
high status
ⓘ
nobility ⓘ respect ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Beg
ⓘ
Beg Khan ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | female ⓘ |
| hasMasculineEquivalent |
Beg
ⓘ
Nawab ⓘ |
| historicalUsagePeriod |
British colonial period
ⓘ
Mughal period ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin |
Persian language
ⓘ
surface form:
Persian
|
| notableUsage |
Begum of Awadh
ⓘ
Begums of Bhopal ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Nawab Begum
ⓘ
Sultana (title) ⓘ |
| script |
Arabic script (in Urdu)
ⓘ
Devanagari script ⓘ
surface form:
Devanagari script (in Hindi)
|
| titleFor | female ruler of Bhopal ⓘ |
| usedAs |
personal title before name
ⓘ
surname ⓘ |
| usedByReligion | Muslims ⓘ |
| usedIn |
British India
ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
South Asia ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| usedInLanguage |
Bengali
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| usedInRegion |
Oudh
ⓘ
surface form:
Awadh
Bhopal ⓘ Hyderabad State ⓘ |
Referenced by (30)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
begum
this entity surface form:
Begum (lady, noblewoman)