бек

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

Pronunciation

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Noun

бек (bekm

  1. (sports) back, fullback
    1. (soccer) (the position of) defender

Declension

References

  • бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic بەك
Cyrillic бек
Latin bek
Yañalif ʙek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek (firm, solid, stable).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (bek, firm, solid; very); Uyghur بەك (bek, very), Bashkir бик (bik, very), Turkish pek (much, very), etc.

Pronunciation

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. firmly, very

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bēg (lord). Doublet of би (bi). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Pronunciation

Noun

бек (bek)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Kumyk

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. very
    Synonyms: кёп (köp), оьтесиз (ötesiz)

Kyrgyz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

Adverb

бек (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек (bek)

  1. firm

Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Noun

бек (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

Pronunciation

Noun

бек (bekm (plural бекови)

  1. (sports) back (a position behind most players on the team)

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish pek, bek.

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. very, much

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 323
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Pronunciation

Noun

бек (bekm anim (genitive бе́ка, nominative plural бе́ки, genitive plural бе́ков)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Usage notes

Used like Mr. with Turkish and some Persian names. As a title, used with the first name only. It follows the name and is attached by a hyphen: Ибрагим-бек (Ibrahim bey).

Declension

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek (firm, solid, stable). Cognate with Old Uyghur (bek, firm, solid; very); Uyghur بەك (bek, very), Bashkir бик (bik, very), Turkish pek (much, very), etc.

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек (bek)

  1. firm

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бек”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN