See also: bèj and bëj

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Beja.

Symbol

bej

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Beja.

See also

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg).

Pronunciation

Noun

bej m (plural bejlerë, definite beu)

  1. (now historical)
    1. lord (in feudalism)
    2. bey, ruler of a province
    3. A title of nobility. bey
  2. (archaic) Respectful title of address. sir, mister
    Synonym: zot

Declension

Declension of bej
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bej beu bejlerë bejlerët
accusative beun
dative beu beut bejlerëve bejlerëve
ablative bejlerësh

Derived terms

References

  • “be/j,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 122a
  • Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “bej”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 73
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “beg”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 24b
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “bek-gu”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 31

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Noun

bej m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter b/B.

See also

Northern Kurdish

Noun

bej ?

  1. earth
  2. continent

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (bey).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ɛj
  • Syllabification: bej

Noun

bej m pers

  1. (historical) Bey (governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions)
    Synonym: beg
  2. (slang, offensive) bum, hobo
    Synonyms: żul, menel

Declension

Further reading

  • bej”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bej”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bej m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. beige

Declension

Declension of bej (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite bej bej bej bej
definite
genitive-
dative
indefinite bej bej bej bej
definite

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

Noun

bej (definite accusative beji, plural bejler)

  1. beige, cream colour

Adjective

bej

  1. beige, cream colour


Colors in Turkish · renkler (layout · text)
     beyaz, ak      gri, boz      siyah, kara
             kırmızı, kızıl; al              turuncu; kahverengi, boz              sarı; bej
             limon çürüğü              yeşil              nane yeşili
             camgöbeği; turkuaz              mavi, gök              lacivert
             eflatun; mor              pembe; mor              yavruağzı

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

bej

  1. moon