"bek" meaning in English

See bek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: beks [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian бек (bek). Doublet of bey and beg. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|бек}} Russian бек (bek), {{doublet|en|bey|beg}} Doublet of bey and beg Head templates: {{en-noun}} bek (plural beks)
  1. Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bey (extra: Turkish governor) Translations (Turkic chief): بیک (alt: bēk /⁠bek⁠/) (Chagatai), 伯克 (bókè) (english: Qing dynasty) (Chinese Mandarin), بەك (bek) [Arabic] (Kazakh), بي (bıy) [Arabic] (Kazakh), бек [Cyrillic] (Kazakh), би [Cyrillic] (Kazakh), bek [Latin] (Kazakh), bi [Latin] (Kazakh), пиг (pig) (Khakas), бий (biy) (Kyrgyz), (fú) (english: Tang dynasty) (Literary Chinese), ᠪᡝᡴ᠋ (bek) (Manchu), бэг (beg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠡᠭ (beg) (Mongolian), бек (bek) [animate, masculine] (Russian), бий (biy) (Southern Altai), бәк (bäk) (Tatar), бик (bik) (Tatar), པེག (peg) (Tibetan), bey (Turkish), бег (beg) (Tuvan), بەك (bek) [Arabic] (Uyghur), бәк (bek) [Cyrillic] (Uyghur), bek (Uzbek), ᡋᡄᡎ (beg) (Written Oirat)

Inflected forms

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