بیگلربیگی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish بكلر بكی (beyler beyi, literally “bey of beys”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.laɾ.beː.ˈɡiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.beː.ɡíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.beː.ɡíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.beː.ɡíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.bi.ɡí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejɡʲ.læɹbej.ɡʲíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [beɡ.läɾ.be.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading?	bēglarbēgī
Dari reading?	bēglarbēgī
Iranian reading?	beyglarbeygi
Tajik reading?	beglarbegi

Noun

بِیْگْلَرْبِیْگی • (beyglarbeygi)

1. (historical) beylerbey or beglarbegi, a medieval and early modern title:
   1. In the late Middle Ages, the commander-in-chief of the royal host.
   2. In the Ottoman and Safavid empires, a high-ranking provincial governor.