Arabic

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Etymology

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Relative noun (nisba) composed of بيك (bēg, beg) +‎ ـِيَّة (-iyya)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بيكَوِيَّة (bēgawiyyaf (plural بيكَوِيَّات (bēgawiyyāt))

  1. office or jurisdiction of a beg

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بيكوية”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN