بكلك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

بك (bey) +‎ ـلك (-lik)

Noun

بكلك • (beylik) (plural بكلكلر (beylikler))

the rank, office, or quality of a Bey
a region or tribe ruled over by a Bey; a principality
the government or public treasury of a realm or a district
any duty or tax payable to government
anything belonging as property to the government

Descendants

Turkish: beylik
→ English: beylik

Further reading

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بكلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 378

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