بكلر بكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Literally, “bey of beys”.

Noun

بكلر بكی • (beyler beyi) (plural بكلر بكیلر (beyler beyiler))

a lord of lords; a governor-general; beylerbey

Derived terms

بكلر بكیلك (beyler beyilik)

Descendants

Turkish: beylerbeyi
→ Armenian: պէյլէրպէյի (pēylērpēyi)
→ English: beylerbey
→ French: beylerbey
→ Romanian: beilerbei

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بكلر بكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 377
Şemseddin Sami (1889) “بكلر بكی”, in Kâmûsü'l-A'lâm (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 2, Constantinople: Mihran, page 535

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