/bɪˈɡʌn/, /bɪˈɡʊn/
OriginTwo possible origins:
* Borrowed from Russian бегу́н (begún, “runner”), a nickname used in the local Jewish community. Doublet of Biegun and Bihun, from Polish and Ukrainian respectively.
* A variant of Begum, an Indian surname found in the Muslim community.
- form-of, participle, pastpast participle of begin
“... when he should take the sield, that city was persuaded to complete the regiment they had begun to form, under the command of a Colonel whom the King had recommended to them ; which they did raise ”
- form-of, nonstandard, obsolete, pastsimple past of begin
“When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise,
Than when we first begun.”
FormsBeguns(plural)