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"Khanum" can be understood as equivalent of "madam", or more colloquially, "ma'am" in some Ottoman and Turkic influenced countries. In South Asia , particularly in Afghanistan , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Sindh , Baluchistan and North India , Khanum has been adapted for use as an honorific for Muslim women of high social status .
Madam (/ ˈ m æ d əm /), or madame (/ ˈ m æ d əm / or / m ə ˈ d ɑː m /), [1] is a polite and formal form of address for women in the English language, often contracted to ma'am [2] (pronounced / ˈ m æ m / in American English [2] and this way but also / ˈ m ɑː m / in British English [3]). The term derives from the French madame ...
The term is no longer commonly used because of its connotative meaning: [citation needed] "mistress" is used to refer to a woman with whom a married man is having an affair. Madam or Ma'am (/ m æ m / in General American and either / m æ m /, / m ɑː m /, or / m ə m / in Received Pronunciation. [19]): for women, a term of general respect or ...
The poem includes a reference to the town of Sehwan, and the word "Lal" can refer to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar as a young man, his legendary ruby glow, or his red dress. [2] Bulleh Shah gave an entirely different color to the qawwali, adding verses in praises of Shahbaz Qalandar and giving it a large tint of Sindhi culture.
Madam is used to address and refer to females in positions of authority, usually a superior, e.g. Madam has ordered me to get the figures for last year's sales. Can also be used as a noun, e.g. She is the madam of that department meaning she is the head of the department, without it being derogatory.
Madam is a respectful title for a woman (often "ma'am" or "madame"). Madam may also refer to:(N confirmed) Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel; MADAM-6, a psychoactive drug; Madam (fashion), a Japanese fashion style; Madam (band), an English rock band
Sahib or Saheb (/ ˈ s ɑː h ɪ b /; Arabic: صاحب) is an Arabic title meaning 'companion'. It was historically used for the first caliph Abu Bakr in the Quran.. As a loanword, Sahib has passed into several languages, including Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Crimean Tatar, [1] Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Rohingya and Somali.
"Man Aamadeh Am" (Persian: من آمده ام, lit. 'I have come to you') is a Persian song, sung by Iranian singer Googoosh for the album Pol in 1975. The song was written by Googoosh's Afghan friend Jalil Zaland and gifted to Googoosh after she visited Afghanistan.