بەگ

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bēg.[1] See there for more.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛɡ/

Noun

بەگ • (beg) (plural بەگلەر (begler))

  1. (historical) a title of local officials, beg

Derived terms
  • بەگلىك (beglik)

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “be:g”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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