"bey" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /beɪ/ [UK], /bæɪ/ [Australia], /beɪ/ [General-American] Forms: beys [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). See there for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|بك||gentleman, chief|tr=bey}} Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), {{der|en|trk-oat|بك|t=ruler|tr=beg}} Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), {{der|en|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}} Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bey (plural beys)
  1. (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions Tags: historical Translations (governor of a Turkish dominion): bej [masculine] (Albanian), بِيه (bīh) [masculine] (Arabic), بِيك (bīk) [masculine] (Arabic), بِك (bik) [masculine] (Arabic), بِك (bek) [masculine] (Arabic), բեյ (bey) (Armenian), bəy (Azerbaijani), бей (bey) (Bashkir), বেগ (beg) (Bengali), бей (bej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bei [masculine] (Catalan), بەگ (beg) (Central Kurdish), 貝伊 (Chinese Mandarin), 贝伊 (bèiyī) (Chinese Mandarin), 巴依 (bāyī) (Chinese Mandarin), bey (Finnish), bey [masculine] (French), ბაი (bai) (Georgian), Bey [masculine] (German), Bei [masculine] (German), Beg [masculine] (German), μπέης (béis) [masculine] (Greek), βέης (véis) [masculine] (Greek), बेग़ (beġ) [masculine] (Hindi), बेग (beg) [masculine] (Hindi), bég (Hungarian), bej (Hungarian), bey (Indonesian), ベグ (begu) (Japanese), би (bi) (Kazakh), бек (bek) (Kazakh), бек (bek) (Kyrgyz), бег (beg) [masculine] (Macedonian), бий (biy) (Nogai), بگ (bég) (Ottoman Turkish), بگ (beg) (Persian), bei [masculine] (Portuguese), бей (bej) [masculine] (Russian), бек (bek) [masculine] (Russian), бег [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), beg [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), бий (biy) (Southern Altai), bey [masculine] (Spanish), бәк (bäk) (Tatar), bey (Turkish), бег (beg) (Tuvan), bek (Uzbek)
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  2. in various other places, a prince or nobleman
    Sense id: en-bey-en-noun--claJ7fV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begum, beydom, beyship

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beg"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "biy",
          "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
          "word": "бий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bey"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "bäk",
          "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
          "word": "бәк"
        },
        {
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
          "word": "bey"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "beg",
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          "word": "бег"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
          "word": "bek"
        }
      ]
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        "in various other places, a prince or nobleman"
      ],
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/bæɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
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      "homophone": "bay"
    }
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}
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    "Rhymes:English/eɪ",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Albanian translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bashkir translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Central Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Nogai translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Southern Altai translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tatar translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Tuvan translations",
    "Terms with Uzbek translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
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    },
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      "word": "beydom"
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    }
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        "2": "ota",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "gentleman, chief",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "trk-pro",
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        "t": "lord"
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        "plural"
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    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 512:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 15:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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        "(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions"
      ],
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        "in various other places, a prince or nobleman"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/beɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bæɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/beɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bay"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bej"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bīh",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بِيه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bīk",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بِيك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bik",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bek",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بِك"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bey",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "բեյ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bəy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "bey",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бей"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "বেগ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bej",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бей"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bei"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "貝伊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèiyī",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "贝伊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāyī",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "巴依"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bai",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "ბაი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Beg"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "béis",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μπέης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "véis",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βέης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "beġ",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बेग़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बेग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bég"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bej"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "begu",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "ベグ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bi",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "би"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bek",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бек"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "بەگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bek",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бек"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бег"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "biy",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bég",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "بگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "بگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bei"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bej",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бей"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bek",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бек"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бег"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beg"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "biy",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "bäk",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бәк"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bey"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "beg",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "бег"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "governor of a Turkish dominion",
      "word": "bek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bey"
}

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