bey
Translingual
Symbol
beyCategory:Translingual lemmas#BEYCategory:Translingual symbols#BEYCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BEYCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
See also
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:English terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:English terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-TurkicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /beɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#BEYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEY
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#BEYAudio (Southern England): (file) - (AusE) IPA(key): /bæɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#BEYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEY
- (GenAm) IPA(key): /beɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#BEYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BEY
- Rhymes: -eɪCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪ#BEYCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪ/1 syllable#BEY
- Homophones: bay; bae (toe–tow merger)Category:English terms with homophones#BEY
Noun
bey (plural beys)Category:English lemmas#BEYCategory:English nouns#BEYCategory:English countable nouns#BEYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#BEY) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) 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.Category:English terms with quotations#BEY
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#BEY
- in various other places, a prince or nobleman
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “bey”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Anagrams
Category:en:Ottoman Empire#BEYFrench
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:French terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:French terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:French terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg), from Proto-TurkicCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bey m (plural beys)Category:French lemmas#BEYCategory:French nouns#BEYCategory:French countable nouns#BEYCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:French masculine nouns#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
Further reading
- “bey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
Preposition
beyCategory:German lemmas#BEYCategory:German prepositions#BEYCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY [with dative]
- obsolete spelling of beiCategory:German obsolete forms#BEY
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:Italian unadapted borrowings from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:Italian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:Italian terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bey m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#BEYCategory:Italian nouns#BEYCategory:Italian countable nouns#BEYCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#BEYCategory:Italian terms spelled with Y#BEYCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Italian masculine nouns#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
Middle English
Noun
beyCategory:Middle English alternative forms#BEYCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
- alternative form of bee
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:Spanish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbei/ [ˈbei̯]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#BEYCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#BEY
- Rhymes: -eiCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ei#BEYCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ei/1 syllable#BEY
- Syllabification: bey
Noun
bey m (plural beyes)Category:Spanish lemmas#BEYCategory:Spanish nouns#BEYCategory:Spanish countable nouns#BEYCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
Further reading
- “bey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from English#BEYCategory:Tagalog terms derived from English#BEY bey, from Ottoman TurkishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bey (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌ᜔)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BEYCategory:Tagalog nouns#BEYCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BEYCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BEYCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY (historicalCategory:Tagalog historical terms#BEY)
- bey (governor of a Turkish dominion)
See also
Further reading
- “bey”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Talysh
Verb
beyCategory:Talysh lemmas#BEYCategory:Talysh verbs#BEYCategory:Talysh entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
- 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?
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
From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#BEYCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#BEY بك (bey), from Old Anatolian TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEYCategory:Turkish terms derived from Old Anatolian Turkish#BEY بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic#BEYCategory:Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BEY *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.
Unrelated to Turkish bay (“gentleman”) (from Ottoman Turkish باي (bày, “a rich or great man”)).
Noun
bey (definite accusative beyi, plural beyler)Category:Turkish lemmas#BEYCategory:Turkish nouns#BEYCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
Declension
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Synonyms
Related terms
References
- Sevortjan, E. V. (1978), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 97, 98
Wolof
Verb
beyCategory:Wolof lemmas#BEYCategory:Wolof verbs#BEYCategory:Wolof entries with incorrect language header#BEYCategory:Pages with entries#BEYCategory:Pages with 11 entries#BEY
- to farm