бек

Kazakh

Cyrillic бек (bek)
Arabic بەك
Latin bek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek (firm, solid, stable).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, firm, solid; very); Uyghur بەك (bek, very), Bashkir бик (bik, very), Turkish pek (much, very), etc.

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. firmly, very

Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Noun

бек (bek)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Kumyk

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. very
    Synonyms: кёп (köp), оьтесиз (ötesiz)

Kyrgyz

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек (bek)

  1. firm

Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Noun

бек (bek)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Macedonian

Etymology

From English back.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Homophone: бег (beg)

Noun

бек (bek) m (plural бекови)

  1. (sports) back (a position behind most players on the team)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, lord).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲek]
  • Homophones: бег

Noun

бек (bek) m anim (genitive бе́ка, nominative plural бе́ки, genitive plural бе́ков)

  1. (title) bey, beg, bek, master
  2. Turkish or Persian chieftain

Usage notes

Used like Mr. with Turkish and some Persian names. As a title, used with the first name only. It follows the name and is attached by a hyphen: Ибрагим-бек (Ibrahim bey).

Declension

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek (firm, solid, stable). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, firm, solid; very); Uyghur بەك (bek, very), Bashkir бик (bik, very), Turkish pek (much, very), etc.

Adverb

бек (bek)

  1. firm

Adjective

бек (bek)

  1. firm

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), бек”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

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