بیگ

See also: بيگ and پیک

Baluchi

Verb

بیگ • (biag, bayag)

1. to be (See the Usage Notes)
2. to exist
3. to become
4. (in passive constructions) to be

See also

• بوگ (buag, bawag, buwag)

Persian

Alternative forms

• بیک (beyk), بگ (bag), بک (bak)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Turkic *bēg via a Turkic language, perhaps ultimately from Middle Iranian, in which case it is a doublet of فغ (faġ, “idol; companion, friend”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈbeːɡ/

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejɡʲ̥], [bæɡʲ̥], [bækʰʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bek]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēg
Iranian reading?	beyg, bag, bak
Tajik reading?	bek

Noun

بیگ • (beyg)

1. (historical) beg, bey; a former aristocratic title in Iran, Central Asia, South Asia and Turkey.

Derived terms

• بیگ‌زاده (beyg-zâde)
• بیگ‌نشین (beyg-nešin)

Related terms

• اتابک (atâbak)
• بکتاش (baktâš)
• بیگلربیگی (beyglarbeygi)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بيك (bēg)
• → Bengali: বেগ (beg)
• → Punjabi: بیگ (beg)
• → Sindhi: بيگُ (begu)
• → Urdu: بیگ (beg)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگ (bēg), itself borrowed from Proto-Turkic *bēg via a Turkic language.

Noun

بیگ • (beg) m

1. beg, bey

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit वेग (vega).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beːɡ/

Noun

بیگ • (beg) m (Hindi spelling बेग)

1. speed, celerity, haste, rapidity; violence, impetuosity
2. dung

Adverb

بیگ • (beg) (Hindi spelling बेग)

1. with haste, speedily, quickly, soon

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “بیگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیگ (bēg), itself borrowed from Proto-Turkic *bēg via a Turkic language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beːɡ/

Noun

بیگ • (beg) m (Hindi spelling बेग)

1. lord, master; a Mog̠al title corresponding with the English Lord

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “بیگ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bag.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɛːɡ/

Noun

بیگ • (baig) m (Hindi spelling बैग)

1. bag, sack

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu بیگ (bayg), from English bag.

Noun

بیگ (beg)

1. bag