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{{also|Bey|bəy}}

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|en|ota|بك|tr=bey||gentleman, chief}}, from {{der|en|trk-oat|بك|tr=beg|t=ruler}}, from {{der|en|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}}. See there for more.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/beɪ/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/bæɪ/|a=[[w:Australian English phonology|AusE]]}}
* {{IPA|en|/beɪ/|a=[[w:General American|GenAm]]}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|bay}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|historical}} A governor of a province or district in the [[Turkish]] dominions
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1978|author=w:Lawrence Durrell|title=Livia|publisher=Faber & Faber|year_published=1992|series=Avignon Quintet|page=512
|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2005|author=Jon Courtenay Grimwood|title=Pashazade|page=15
|passage=Whether his position with the Third Circle made the difference or the fact that he ranked as a '''bey''', life in El Iskandryia was proving easier than he'd ever dreamed possible when he stepped off the plane.}}
# in various other places, a prince or nobleman

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|beydom|beyship|begum}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|governor of a Turkish dominion}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|bej|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بِيه|m}}, {{t|ar|بِيك|m}}, {{t|ar|بِك|m}}, {{t|ar|بِك|m|tr=bek}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բեյ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|bəy}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бей|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বেগ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|бей|m}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|bei|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|貝伊|tr=bèiyī}}, {{t+|cmn|巴依}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|bey}}
* French: {{t+|fr|bey|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბაი|sc=Geor}}
* German: {{t+|de|Bey|m}}, {{t+|de|Bei|m}}, {{t+|de|Beg|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπέης|m|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|βέης|m|sc=Grek}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बेग़|m}}, {{t+|hi|बेग|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bég}}, {{t+|hu|bej}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|bey}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ベグ|tr=begu|sc=Jpan}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|би знати|alt=би|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|kk|бек}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|بەگ}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|бек}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|бег|m}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|бий}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بگ|tr=bég|sc=ota-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بگ|tr=beg}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bei|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бей|m}}, {{t+|ru|бек|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бег|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|beg|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|бий}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bey|m}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|бәк|sc=Cyrl}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|bey}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|бег}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|bek}}
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===References===
* {{R:tr:Nishanyan}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=bey|'bye|Bye|Eby|bye}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|ota|بك|tr=bey}}, from {{der|fr|trk-oat|بك|tr=beg}}, from {{der|fr|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-bey.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|bey}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==German==

===Preposition===
{{head|de|preposition}} {{+obj|de|dat}}

# {{obsolete spelling of|de|bei}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|ota|بك|tr=bey}}, from {{der|it|trk-oat|بك|tr=beg}}, from {{der|it|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|bèy}}

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|bey}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|bee}}

==Spanish==
{{wikipedia|lang=es}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|ota|بك|tr=bey}}, from {{der|es|trk-oat|بك|tr=beg}}, from {{der|es|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}}.

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|bey}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Talysh==

===Verb===
{{head|tly|verb}}

# to [[be]]
#: {{ux|tly|Ha manqədə az se rüj danq '''bedəm'''.|Every month I go crazy for three days.|lit='''become''' crazy}}
#: {{ux|tly|Dı mı ğum '''bedəş''' ya ne?|Will you become my relative or not?}}
#: {{ux|tly|Ço damə '''bedəniş'''?|Why '''aren't you''' talking?}}

====Conjugation====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:left;"
! colspan="18" style="text-align:center;" | Simple forms
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | Composite forms
|-
| colspan="5" | Infinitive
| colspan="9" | Present stem
| colspan="4" | Past participle
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" |
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |
|-
| colspan="5" | be(y)
| colspan="9" | bi-/bı-
| colspan="4" | bə
|-
| colspan="5" | Indicative present
| colspan="3" | Simple imperfect
| colspan="2" | Simple past imperfective <br />(was)
| colspan="2" | Present optative
| colspan="2" | Imperative
| colspan="2" | Simple past perfective (became)
| colspan="2" | Future
| colspan="4" | Imperfect II composite
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Plusquamperfect
| preterite conditional
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |
| colspan="2" | Singular
| colspan="2" | Plural
| colspan="2" | Singular
| Plural
| Singular
| Plural
| Singular
| Plural
| Singular
| Plural
| Singular
| Plural
| Singular
| Plural
| colspan="2" | Singular
| colspan="2" | Plural
| singular
| plural
| singular
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedəm}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedəmon}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|əbim}}
| {{l|tly|əbimon}}
| {{l|tly|bim}}
| {{l|tly|bimon}}
| {{l|tly|bıbom}}
| {{l|tly|bıbomon}}
|
|
| {{l|tly|bəm}}
| {{l|tly|bəmon}}
| {{l|tly|bəbem}}
| {{l|tly|bəbemon}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə bim}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə bimon}}
| {{l|tly|bə bim}}
| {{l|tly|bə bimon}}
| {{l|tly|bə bəim}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedəş}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedəşon}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|əbiş}}
| {{l|tly|əbion}}
| {{l|tly|biş}}
| {{l|tly|bion}}
| {{l|tly|bıboş}}
| {{l|tly|bıboon}}
| {{l|tly|bıbi}}!
| {{l|tly|bıbən}}!
| {{l|tly|bəş}}
| {{l|tly|bəon}}
| {{l|tly|bəbeş}}
| {{l|tly|bəbeyon}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə biş}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə bion}}
| {{l|tly|bə biş}}
| {{l|tly|bə bion}}
| {{l|tly|bə bəiş}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 3
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedən}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|əbi}}
| {{l|tly|əbin}}
| {{l|tly|be}}
| {{l|tly|bin}}
| {{l|tly|bıbo}}
| {{l|tly|bıbon}}
|
|
| {{l|tly|bə}}
| {{l|tly|bən}}
| {{l|tly|bəbe}}
| {{l|tly|bəben}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə be}}
| colspan="2" | {{l|tly|bedə bin}}
| {{l|tly|bə be}}
| {{l|tly|bə bin}}
| {{l|tly|bə bəi}}
|}

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tr|ota|بك|tr=bey}}, from {{inh|tr|trk-oat|بك|tr=beg|t=ruler}}, from {{inh|tr|trk-pro|*bēg|t=lord}}. See there for more.

Unrelated to {{noncognate|tr|bay|t=gentleman}} (from {{noncognate|ota|باي|tr=bày||a rich or great man}}).

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|i|ler}}

# [[gentleman]], [[mister]]
# [[lord]], [[master]]
# [[husband]]

====Declension====
{{tr-infl-noun-c|e|poss=1|pred=1}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|tr|bay}}
* {{l|tr|beyefendi}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|tr|begüm
|ağabey
|beylik
|beyli
|beysiz
|beybaba
|beyefendi
|beylerbeyi
|beyzade
|derebeyi
}}

==Wolof==

===Verb===
{{head|wo|verb}}

# to [[farm]]

====Derived terms====
{{derived terms|wo|beykat}}