bej
Translingual edit
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bej
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bej m (plural bejlerë, definite beu)
- (now historical)
- (archaic) Respectful title of address. sir, mister
- Synonym: zot
Declension edit
Declension of bej
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “be/j,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 122a
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bej”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 73
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “beg”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 24b
- Meyer, G. (1891) “bek-gu”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 31
Further reading edit
- beu on the Albanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia sq
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bej m inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter b.
See also edit
Northern Kurdish edit
Noun edit
bej ?
Polish edit
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bej m pers
- (historical) Bey (governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions)
- Synonym: beg
- (slang, offensive) bum, hobo
Declension edit
Declension of bej
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bej m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension edit
Declension of bej (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | bej | bej | bej | bej | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | bej | bej | bej | bej | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
bej (definite accusative beji, plural bejler)
Adjective edit
bej
beyaz, ak | gri, boz | siyah, kara |
kırmızı, kızıl; al | turuncu; kahverengi, konur, boz | sarı; bej |
limon çürüğü | yeşil | nane yeşili |
camgöbeği; turkuaz | gök, mavi | lacivert |
eflatun; mor | pembe; mor | yavruağzı |
Zaniza Zapotec edit
Noun edit
bej