بكلر بكی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Literally, “bey of beys”.

Noun

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

1. 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^[1], 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