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
• Homophones: bay, bae

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 , 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

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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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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”) (from Ottoman Turkish باي (bày, “a rich or great man”)).

bey (definite accusative beyi, plural beyler)

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

• bay
• beyefendi

• Sevortjan, E. V. (1978) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Nauka, pages 97, 98

bey

1. to farm