bey
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//beɪ//
- États-Unis//beɪ//
- Australie//bæɪ//
In various other places, a prince or nobleman.
nom
- 1
historiqueA governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.
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.
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.
Étymologie
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey, “gentleman, chief”), from Old Anatolian Turkish بك (beg, “ruler”), from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). See there for more.
Formes
- pluriel
- beys