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bey
[ bey ]
noun
plural beys.
- a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- (formerly) a title of respect for Turkish dignitaries.
- (formerly) the title of the ruler of Tunis or Tunisia.
bey
/ ɪ /
noun
- (in the Ottoman Empire) a title given to senior officers, provincial governors, certain other officials or nobles, and (sometimes) Europeans
- (in modern Turkey) a title of address, corresponding to Mr
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bey1
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Turkish, by-form of earlier beg, Old Turkic beg “subordinate chief, head of a clan,” perhaps from a Middle Chinese word akin to Chinese ǎ “hundred” (Guangdong diaect baak )
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bey1
C16: Turkish: lord
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The early-signing period is 300 days away — a long time to keep the marauders at bey.
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From the moment each hot and hopeful foreigner sets foot in the United States, the pair has 90 days to get married, or international bey has to return home.
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“It’s curved like a cooking pot with a floating dot. You call it bey.”
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The use of encryption should be mainly to keep common criminals at bey, and maybe some forms of organized crime.
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As he sank to his knees, still he shook his head, denying her, denying bey power, denying her magic, de-nying her god.
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