бей

See also: беи

Bashkir

Etymology

Akin to Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (beg, “chief, titled man”), Old Uyghur [script needed] (beg, “lord, chief”), Karakhanid بگ (bēg, “chief, a woman's husband”), Turkish bey (“gentleman; lord, master”). See the latter for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɪ̞j]
• Hyphenation: бей (one syllable)

Noun

бей • (bey)

1. (historical) head of clan; a feudal lord
2. (dated) a way to address a man honorifically

Declension

Declension of бей (bey)

	singular	plural
absolute	бей (bey)	бейҙәр (beyźər)
definite genitive	бейҙең (beyźeñ)	бейҙәрҙең (beyźərźeñ)
dative	бейгә (beygə)	бейҙәргә (beyźərgə)
definite accusative	бейҙе (beyźe)	бейҙәрҙе (beyźərźe)
locative	бейҙә (beyźə)	бейҙәрҙә (beyźərźə)
ablative	бейҙән (beyźən)	бейҙәрҙән (beyźərźən)

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Bulgarian

Etymology

From Turkish bey (“gentleman; lord, master”).

Noun

бей • (bej)

1. Turkish lord
2. slacker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛj]

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲej]

Etymology 1

Noun

бей • (bej) m anim (genitive бе́я, nominative plural бе́и, genitive plural бе́ев)

1. bey (Turkish official)

Declension

Declension of бей (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бе́й béj	бе́и béi
genitive	бе́я béja	бе́ев béjev
dative	бе́ю béju	бе́ям béjam
accusative	бе́я béja	бе́ев béjev
instrumental	бе́ем béjem	бе́ями béjami
prepositional	бе́е béje	бе́ях béjax

See also

• бек (bek), бай (baj)

Etymology 2

Verb

бей • (bej)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)