sanjakbey

English

Alternative forms

• sanjak-bey, sanjak bey, sanjakbeg, senjacbey, zanziacbeg

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سنجاقبك (sancakbeg), from سنجاق (“sanjak, banner”) + بك (“bey, ruler”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sænd͡ʒækbeɪ/

Noun

sanjakbey (plural sanjakbeys)

1. (historical) An official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
   • 1524, Robert Copland, translating J. de Bourbon as The Begynnynge and Foundacyon of the Holy Hospytall, sig. Civ:

     It was reported to vs from the campe they were .iii. seniacboys, yt is to saye grete seneshalles or stuardes.

   • 1589, R. Hakluyt, translation in The Principal Navigations..., p. 170:

     ...last of all the Beglerbegs, and Zanziacbegs...

Synonyms

• mutasarrif, prefect, governor; sanjak (obsolete); kaymakam (mid-19th century only)

Hypernyms

• bey

Translations

Translations

• Albanian: sanxhakbej (sq)
• Ottoman Turkish: سنجاقبك (sancakbeg)

References

• “sanjakbey, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.