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Bulgarian
Etymology
From (the Ottoman Turkish ancestor of) Turkish derebeyi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
деребе́й • (derebéj) m
- Turkish feudal governor
- (figuratively) bully, blusterer, tyrant, despot
Declension
References
- “деребей”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “деребей”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Crimean Tatar
Noun
деребей (derebey)
- Cyrillic spelling of derebey