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khanum (iou)



khanum noun. M17.
[Persian anum from Turkish hanm, from han KHAN noun1 + -m 1st person sing. possess. suffix.]
In certain parts of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent: a lady of high rank, Hist. the wife of a khan. Now also used as a polite form of address affixed to a Muslim woman's name.