Begum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  begum
       n : a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan