Etymology of the English word begum
the English word
begumderived from the Urdu word
begamderived from the Turkish word
begimderived from the Old Turkish word
begderived from the East Turkic word
begümderived from the Urdu word
begumDate
The earliest known usage of begum in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in other languages
Spanish
begumUsage
Word found in Modern English