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atabey

atabey is the alternative spelling of atabeg.

Meaning of atabeg

Noun

atabeg (plural atabegs)

  1. (historical) A high medieval Turkish feudal title, originally charged with the caretaking and mentoring of the realm's crown prince.
    • It has been remarked, that this prince established Saad Ebn Zenki, who had been his governor, lieutenant-general of all his dominions, under the title of atâbek; which signifying Father of the Prince, and being given to the tutors of the Seljûkian princes, became afterwards a title of dignity.1780, The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol. III, Ch. IV, §9, p. 128
    Synonyms:
    regent, governor, emir, amir

Forms of atabey

pluralatabeys

Origin of atabey

From an alternate romanization of medieval Turkish atabeg.

Questions about atabey

What is atabey the alternative spelling of?
Atabey is the alternative spelling of atabeg.

Words near atabey in the dictionary

  1. atabegate
  2. atabegates
  3. atabegs
  4. atabek
  5. atabeks
  6. atabey
  7. atabeys
  8. atabinogalactan
  9. ataboy
  10. atabrin
  11. atabrine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atabey (page history and authors); atabeg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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