atabek

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Etymology

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From an alternate romanization of Ottoman Turkish آتابك, also rendered atabeg.

Noun

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atabek (plural atabeks)

  1. (historical) Alternative spelling of atabeg
    • 1780, The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol. III, Ch. IV, §9, p. 128:
      It has been remarked, that this prince established Saad Ebn Zenki, who had been his governor, lieutenant-general of all his dominions, under the title of atâbek; which signifying Father of the Prince, and being given to the tutors of the Seljûkian princes, became afterwards a title of dignity.
    • 1932, H.A.R. Gibb, The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades: Extracted and translated from the chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalānisī, page 24:
      Since the Atābek stood in a paternal relationship to the Saljūqid "king" he enjoyed an authority far above that of the ordinary generals; it seems also to have been the custom for the Atābek to receive in marriage the mother of his charge and to give one of his daughters in marriage to him.
    • 1978, Vladimir Minorsky, The Turks, Iran, and the Caucasus in the Middle Ages, page 346:
      ...in 511/1118 Tughril was but a child. His first atabek was Shīr-gīr...