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Bey
Bey
(bā)
, Noun.
[See
Beg
a bey.] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg;
as, the
. bey
of TunisWebster 1828 Edition
Bey
BEY
,Noun.
Definition 2025
bey
bey
English
Noun
bey (plural beys)
- (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
- 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:
- in various other places, a prince or nobleman
Derived terms
Translations
governor of a Turkish dominion
Anagrams
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, beg), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (beg, “ruler”). Akin to Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (beg, “chief, titled man”), Old Uighur [script needed] (beg, “lord, chief”), Karakhanid بگ (bēg, “chief, a woman's husband”).
There are different theories about the further etymology of the word. According to one theory the word may ultimately come from Middle Chinese [script needed] (baak, pak),[1][script needed] (po, “the head of a hundred men”).[2] Another theory states that the word may have its origins in Sogdian [script needed] (baga, “lord, master”).[3][4] Nonetheless German Turkologist Gerhard Doerfer assessed the derivation from Iranian as uncertain and pointed out that the word may be genuinely Turkic.[5][6] Unrelated to bay.
Noun
bey (definite accusative beyi, plural beyler)
Declension
declension of bey
possessive forms of bey
| benim (my) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | beyim | beylerim |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beyimi | beylerimi |
| dative (yönelme) | beyime | beylerime |
| locative (bulunma) | beyimde | beylerimde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beyimden | beylerimden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beyimin | beylerimin |
| senin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | beyin | beylerin |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beyini | beylerini |
| dative (yönelme) | beyine | beylerine |
| locative (bulunma) | beyinde | beylerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beyinden | beylerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beyinin | beylerinin |
| onun (her/his/its) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | beyi | beyleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beyini | beylerini |
| dative (yönelme) | beyine | beylerine |
| locative (bulunma) | beyinde | beylerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beyinden | beylerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beyinin | beylerinin |
| bizim (our) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | beyimiz | beylerimiz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beyimizi | beylerimizi |
| dative (yönelme) | beyimize | beylerimize |
| locative (bulunma) | beyimizde | beylerimizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beyimizden | beylerimizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beyimizin | beylerimizin |
| sizin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | beyiniz | beyleriniz |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beyinizi | beylerinizi |
| dative (yönelme) | beyinize | beylerinize |
| locative (bulunma) | beyinizde | beylerinizde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beyinizden | beylerinizden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beyinizin | beylerinizin |
| onların (their) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | beyleri | beyleri |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | beylerini | beylerini |
| dative (yönelme) | beylerine | beylerine |
| locative (bulunma) | beylerinde | beylerinde |
| ablative (çıkma) | beylerinden | beylerinden |
| genitive (tamlayan) | beylerinin | beylerinin |
predicative forms of bey
| simple present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| ben (I am) | beyim | beylerim* |
| sen (you are) | beysin | beylersin* |
| o (he/she/it is) | bey / beydir | beyler* / beylerdir* |
| biz (we are) | beyiz | beyleriz |
| siz (you are) | beysiniz | beylersiniz |
| onlar (they are) | beyler | beylerdir |
| simple past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | beydim | beylerdim* |
| sen (you were) | beydin | beylerdin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | beydi | beylerdi* |
| biz (we were) | beydik | beylerdik |
| siz (you were) | beydiniz | beylerdiniz |
| onlar (they were) | beydiler | beylerdi |
| indirect / unwitnessed past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | beymişim | beylermişim* |
| sen (you were) | beymişsin | beylermişsin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | beymiş | beylermiş* |
| biz (we were) | beymişiz | beylermişiz |
| siz (you were) | beymişsiniz | beylermişsiniz |
| onlar (they were) | beymişler | beylermiş |
| *Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.
Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives. | ||
Synonyms
- bay
- beyefendi
Related terms
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References
- ↑ “bey.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc., accessed 22 March 2008
- ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322
- ↑ 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.”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, accessed 7 May 2011