bey

From Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.

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

bey (plural beys)

1. (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 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, page 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.

2. in various other places, a prince or nobleman

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

• 'bye, Bye, Eby, bye

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”).

• IPA^(key): /bɛj/

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bey m (plural beys)

1. bey

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

bey

1. Obsolete spelling of bei

Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”).

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

bey m (invariable)

1. bey

bey

1. Alternative form of bee

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”).

bey m (plural beyes)

1. bey

• “bey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

bey

1. to be

   Ha manqədə az se rüj danq bedəm.

   Every month I go crazy for three days.

   (literally, “become crazy”)

   Dı mı ğum bedəş ya ne?

   Will you become my relative or not?

   Ço damə bedəniş?

   Why aren't you talking?

From Ottoman Turkish بك (bey), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.

Unrelated to Turkish bay (“gentleman”).

bey (definite accusative beyi, plural beyler)

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

• bay
• beyefendi

bey

1. to farm