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bek

bek is the alternative form of bey.

Meaning of bey

Noun

bey (plural beys)

  1. (historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.
    • She was chaperoned by the widow of a Bey whose son had been at Oxford with him, and this gave him the excuse to exchange a few words with her, and then to be presented to the Princess.1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 512
  2. In various other places, a prince or nobleman.

See all 4 meanings of bey

Forms of bek

pluralbeks

Origin of bek

Borrowed from Russian бек (bek). Doublet of bey and beg.

Questions about bek

What is bek the alternative form of?
Bek is the alternative form of bey.

Words near bek in the dictionary

  1. bejumbles
  2. bejumbling
  3. bejumpered
  4. bejutapaut
  5. bejutapauts
  6. bek
  7. beka
  8. Bekaa
  9. bekah
  10. bekahs
  11. Bekan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bek (page history and authors); bey (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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