bey

See also:Beyandbəy

English

Etymology

FromOttoman Turkishبك(bey,“gentleman, chief”),fromOld Anatolian Turkishبك(beg,“ruler”),fromProto-Turkic*bēg(“lord”).See there for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/beɪ/
• (AusE)IPA^(key):/bæɪ/
• (GenAm)IPA^(key):/beɪ/
• Rhymes:-eɪ
• Homophone:bay

Noun

bey(pluralbeys)

1. (historical)A governor of a province or district in theTurkishdominions
   • 1978,Lawrence Durrell,Livia(Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published1992,page512:

     She was chaperoned by the widow of aBeywhose 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,page15:

     Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as abey,life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.

2. in various other places, a prince or nobleman

Derived terms

• begum
• beydom
• beyship

Translations

governor of a Turkish dominion

• Albanian:bej(sq)m
• Arabic:بِيهm(bīh),بِيكm(bīk),بِكm(bik),بِكm(bek)
• Armenian:բեյ(hy)(bey)
• Azerbaijani:bəy(az)
• Bashkir:бей(bey)
• Bengali:বেগ(bn)(beg)
• Bulgarian:бейm(bej)
• Catalan:beim
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Bối y／Bối y(bèiyī),Ba y(zh)(bāyī)

• Finnish:bey(fi)
• French:bey(fr)m
• Georgian:ბაი(bai)
• German:Bey(de)m,Bei(de)m,Beg(de)m
• Greek:μπέης(el)m(béis),βέηςm(véis)
• Hindi:बेग़m(beġ),बेग(hi)m(beg)
• Hungarian:bég(hu),bej(hu)
• Indonesian:bey
• Japanese:ベグ(begu)
• Kazakh:би(bi),бек(bek)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:بەگ(beg)

• Kyrgyz:бек(ky)(bek)
• Macedonian:бегm(beg)
• Nogai:бий(biy)
• Ottoman Turkish:بگ(bég)
• Persian:بگ(phát)(beg)
• Portuguese:bei(pt)m
• Russian:бей(ru)m(bej),бек(ru)m(bek)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:бегm

  Roman:beg(sh)m

• Southern Altai:бий(biy)
• Spanish:bey(es)m
• Tatar:бәк(tt)(bäk)
• Turkish:bey(tr)
• Tuvan:бег(beg)
• Uzbek:bek(uz)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan(2002–) “bey”,inNişanyan Sözlük

Anagrams

• 'bye,Bye,Eby,bye

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromOttoman Turkishبك(bey),fromOld Anatolian Turkishبك(beg),fromProto-Turkic*bēg(“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/bɛj/

• Audio:

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Noun

beym(pluralbeys)

1. bey

Further reading

• “bey”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

German

Preposition

bey[withdative]

1. Obsoletespelling ofbei.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromOttoman Turkishبك(bey),fromOld Anatolian Turkishبك(beg),fromProto-Turkic*bēg(“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbɛj/
• Rhymes:-ɛj
• Hyphenation:bèy

Noun

beym(invariable)

1. bey

Middle English

Noun

bey

1. Alternative form ofbee

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromOttoman Turkishبك(bey),fromOld Anatolian Turkishبك(beg),fromProto-Turkic*bēg(“lord”).

Noun

beym(pluralbeyes)

1. bey

Further reading

• “bey”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Talysh

Verb

bey

1. tobe

   Ha manqədə az se rüj danqbedəm.

   Every month I go crazy for three days.

   (literally, “becomecrazy”)

   Dı mı ğumbedəşya ne?

   Will you become my relative or not?

   Ço daməbedəniş?

   Whyaren't youtalking?

Conjugation

Simple forms																		Composite forms
Infinitive					Present stem									Past participle
be(y)					bi-/bı-									bə
Indicative present					Simple imperfect			Simple past imperfective (was)		Present optative		Imperative		Simple past perfective (became)		Future		Imperfect II composite				Plusquamperfect		preterite conditional
	Singular		Plural		Singular		Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular		Plural		singular	plural	singular
1	bedəm		bedəmon		əbim		əbimon	bim	bimon	bıbom	bıbomon			bəm	bəmon	bəbem	bəbemon	bedə bim		bedə bimon		bə bim	bə bimon	bə bəim
2	bedəş		bedəşon		əbiş		əbion	biş	bion	bıboş	bıboon	bıbi!	bıbən!	bəş	bəon	bəbeş	bəbeyon	bedə biş		bedə bion		bə biş	bə bion	bə bəiş
3	bedə		bedən		əbi		əbin	be	bin	bıbo	bıbon			bə	bən	bəbe	bəben	bedə be		bedə bin		bə be	bə bin	bə bəi

Turkish

Etymology

FromOttoman Turkishبك(bey),fromOld Anatolian Turkishبك(beg,“ruler”),fromProto-Turkic*bēg(“lord”).See there for more.

Unrelated toTurkishbay(“gentleman”)(fromOttoman Turkishباي(bày,“a rich or great man”)).

Noun

bey(definite accusativebeyi,pluralbeyler)

1. gentleman,mister
2. lord,master
3. husband

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	bey
Definite accusative	beyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bey	beyler
Definite accusative	beyi	beyleri
Dative	beye	beylere
Locative	beyde	beylerde
Ablative	beyden	beylerden
Genitive	beyin	beylerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular beyim beylerim 2nd singular beyin beylerin 3rd singular beyi beyleri 1st plural beyimiz beylerimiz 2nd plural beyiniz beyleriniz 3rd plural beyleri beyleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular beyimi beylerimi 2nd singular beyini beylerini 3rd singular beyini beylerini 1st plural beyimizi beylerimizi 2nd plural beyinizi beylerinizi 3rd plural beylerini beylerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular beyime beylerime 2nd singular beyine beylerine 3rd singular beyine beylerine 1st plural beyimize beylerimize 2nd plural beyinize beylerinize 3rd plural beylerine beylerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular beyimde beylerimde 2nd singular beyinde beylerinde 3rd singular beyinde beylerinde 1st plural beyimizde beylerimizde 2nd plural beyinizde beylerinizde 3rd plural beylerinde beylerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular beyimden beylerimden 2nd singular beyinden beylerinden 3rd singular beyinden beylerinden 1st plural beyimizden beylerimizden 2nd plural beyinizden beylerinizden 3rd plural beylerinden beylerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular beyimin beylerimin 2nd singular beyinin beylerinin 3rd singular beyinin beylerinin 1st plural beyimizin beylerimizin 2nd plural beyinizin beylerinizin 3rd plural beylerinin beylerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular beyim beylerim 2nd singular beysin beylersin 3rd singular bey beydir beyler beylerdir 1st plural beyiz beyleriz 2nd plural beysiniz beylersiniz 3rd plural beyler beylerdir

Synonyms

• bay
• beyefendi

Related terms

• ağabey
• begüm
• beybaba
• beyefendi
• beylerbeyi
• beyli
• beylik
• beysiz
• beyzade
• derebeyi

Wolof

Verb

bey

1. tofarm

Derived terms

• beykat