"Beg" meaning in English

See Beg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Begs [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * As an Islamic (Indian subcontinent as Hindi बेग (beg)) and sometimes Serbo-Croatian surname, from the Turkish title beg, an older form of bey. See Bey; also compare Baig. * Borrowed from Slovene Beg, from beg (“escape, getaway”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|बेग}} Hindi बेग (beg), {{der|en|sh|-}} Serbo-Croatian, {{der|en|tr|-}} Turkish, {{bor|en|sl|Beg}} Slovene Beg Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Beg (plural Begs)
  1. A surname from Hindi.

Inflected forms

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