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beylerbey

beylerbey noun: the governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier. (Ottoman administrative title).

beylerbey: the governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier....
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Noun

beylerbey (plural beylerbeys)

  1. The governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier. (Ottoman administrative title)

Forms of beylerbey

pluralbeylerbeys
alternative formbeglerbeg
alternative formbeglerbey

Origin of beylerbey

From Ottoman Turkish بكلر بكی (beyler beyi).

Questions about beylerbey

What does beylerbey mean?
Beylerbey means the governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier. (Ottoman administrative title).
What part of speech is beylerbey?
Beylerbey is a noun.
What is the plural of beylerbey?
The plural of beylerbey is beylerbeys.

Words near beylerbey in the dictionary

  1. beyerenes
  2. beyerite
  3. Beyers
  4. BeyHive
  5. Beylagan
  6. beylerbey
  7. beylerbeys
  8. beylic
  9. beylical
  10. beylicate
  11. beylicates

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