Complete Definition of "bey"

English

Pronunciation
IPA table 3|RPbeɪ|AusEb?æɪ|GenAm?=beɪ
rhymes|eɪ

Noun
bey

  1. 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 Tunis.

Quotations
2005 - Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 15, paragraph 1
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.

Translations
trans-top|governor of a Turkish dominion
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ب��گ
trans-bottom


Turkish

Noun
bey

  1. lord
  2. master

Category:Turkish nouns

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