English Explanatory Dictionary

beylerbey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

beylerbey beylerbeys beglerbeg beglerbey

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بكلر بكی (beyler beyi).

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