бек

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɛk]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

бек • (bek) m

  1. (sports) back, fullback
    1. (soccer) (the position of) defender

Declension
Declension of бек
singular plural
indefinite бек
bek		 бе́кове
békove
definite
(subject form)		 бе́кът
békǎt		 бе́ковете
békovete
definite
(object form)		 бе́ка
béka
count form — бе́ка
béka

References
  • “бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic بەك
Cyrillic бек
Latin bek
Yañalif ʙek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Turkish pek (“much, very”), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲe̞kʰ]
  • Hyphenation: бек

Adverb

бек • (bek)

  1. firmly, very

Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲe̞kʰ]
  • Hyphenation: бек

Noun

бек • (bek)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Kumyk

Adverb

бек • (bek)

  1. very
    Synonyms: кёп (köp), оьтесиз (ötesiz)

Kyrgyz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

Adverb

бек • (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек • (bek)

  1. firm

Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

Noun

бек • (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Homophone: бег (beg)

Noun

бек • (bek) m (plural бекови)

  1. (sports) back (a position behind most players on the team)

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish pek, bek.

Adverb

бек • (bek)

  1. very, much

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 323
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲek]
  • Homophones: бег

Noun

бек • (bek) m anim (genitive бе́ка, nominative plural бе́ки, genitive plural бе́ков)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Usage notes

Used like Mr. with Turkish and some Persian names. As a title, used with the first name only. It follows the name and is attached by a hyphen: Ибрагим-бек (Ibrahim bey).

Declension
Declension of бек (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative бе́к
bék		 бе́ки
béki
genitive бе́ка
béka		 бе́ков
békov
dative бе́ку
béku		 бе́кам
békam
accusative бе́ка
béka		 бе́ков
békov
instrumental бе́ком
békom		 бе́ками
békami
prepositional бе́ке
béke		 бе́ках
békax

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Turkish pek (“much, very”), etc.

Adverb

бек • (bek)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек • (bek)

  1. firm

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бек”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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