bey
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Turkish bey (“gentleman, chief”), from Old Turkic bég (“head of a clan, subordinate chief”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bey (plural beys)
- A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 512:
- She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.
- 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, p. 15:
- Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a bey, life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 512:
Translations[edit]
governor of a Turkish dominion
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- “bey” in Nişanyan Sözlük
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Turkic bég. There are different theories about the further etymology of the word beg. According to one theory the word may ultimately come from Middle Chinese baak, pak.[1] Another theory states that the word may have its origins in Sogdian baga.[2][3] Nonetheless a derivation of the Turkic title bey from Iranian is quite uncertain.[4] Gerhard Doerfer pointed out the possibility that the word is genuinely Turkic.[5]
Noun[edit]
bey
References[edit]
- ^ "bey.", Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc.. URL accessed on 22 March 2008.
- ^ Eilers، “Iranisches Lehngut”, persisches Lehngut in europäischen Sprachen Von Jamshid Ibrahim from: Göttingen 1919 Wilhem Eilers, Iranisches Lehngut im Arabischen, p. 58
- ^ Carter Vaughn Findley, Turks in World History, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 45: "... Many elements of Non-Turkic origin also became part of Türk statecraft [...] for example, as in the case of khatun [...] and beg [...] both terms being of Sogdian origin and ever since in common use in Turkish. ..."
- ^ "Baga.".Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ "beg.", Encyclopædia Iranica. URL accessed on 7 May 2011.
