begum

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İngilizce - İngilizce
A Muslim honorific for a high-ranking woman, with its origin in India and Pakistan, that has become a surname in the west
a high ranking Muslim woman, especially in India and Pakistan
the form of address for such a woman
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan One who makes it his business to ask alms
a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
{i} Muslim lady of high rank (often a widow)
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
Beggary
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
a title of respect, used for married Muslim women, especially of high rank

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Begum Khaleda Zia
orig. Khaleda Majumdar born Aug. 15, 1945, Dinjpur district, India Politician who served as prime minister of Bangladesh. In 1959 she married Zia ur-Rahman, a leader in the fight for the independence of Bangladesh, then part of India. Her husband became president of Bangladesh in 1977, and after his assassination in 1981 she became politically active. In 1984 she assumed the leadership of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Zia was arrested repeatedly during the dictatorship of Hossain Mohammad Ershad in the 1980s, but in 1991 she led the opposition to victory and became prime minister. Her overwhelming reelection victory in February 1996 was tainted by an opposition-led boycott of the voting, and, after a wave of strikes and protests, she resigned the following month. In 2001 Zia was again elected prime minister
Begum Khaleda Zia ur-Rahman
orig. Khaleda Majumdar born Aug. 15, 1945, Dinjpur district, India Politician who served as prime minister of Bangladesh. In 1959 she married Zia ur-Rahman, a leader in the fight for the independence of Bangladesh, then part of India. Her husband became president of Bangladesh in 1977, and after his assassination in 1981 she became politically active. In 1984 she assumed the leadership of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Zia was arrested repeatedly during the dictatorship of Hossain Mohammad Ershad in the 1980s, but in 1991 she led the opposition to victory and became prime minister. Her overwhelming reelection victory in February 1996 was tainted by an opposition-led boycott of the voting, and, after a wave of strikes and protests, she resigned the following month. In 2001 Zia was again elected prime minister
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    () From Urdu بیگم and Hindi बेगम (begam, “lady”), from East Turkic begüm The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2008. Beg (A provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey)+ um (feminen suffix for nobility titles)Sözlerin Soyağacı: Çağdaş Türkçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü, Sevan Nişanyan Compare with خانم (hanım).