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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”), itself of uncertain origins, see Turkish bey for more. Cognate with Bulgar باك (bêk, “ruler”), Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽷 (pk), 𐽼𐽰𐽷 (pʾk, “lord, chief”), Karakhanid باكْ (bēg, “chief, a woman's husband”), Azerbaijani bəy (“mister, gentleman; lord”), Turkish bey (“mister, gentleman; lord”).
Noun
𐰋𐰏 (beg)
- head of a clan, chief, lord, beg
9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5:𐰋𐰏:𐰼:𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾- beg:er:yuntïŋaru:barmïš
- A lord went to (look at) his mares.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Middle Chinese: 匐 (*bək̚)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “bäg”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 311
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(ä)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “be:g”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322