sanjakbey
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Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish سنجاقبك (sancakbeg), from سنجاق (“sanjak, banner”) + بك (“bey, ruler”).
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sanjakbey (plural sanjakbeys)
- (historical) An official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
- 1524, Robert Copland, translating J. de Bourbon as The Begynnynge and Foundacyon of the Holy Hospytall, sig. Civ:
- 1589, R. Hakluyt, translation in The Principal Navigations..., p. 170:
- ...last of all the Beglerbegs, and Zanziacbegs...
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- mutasarrif, prefect, governor; sanjak (obsolete); kaymakam (mid-19th century only)
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- “sanjakbey, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.