bej

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Beja terms

Albanian

Alternative forms

• beg
• be — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbej/
• Rhymes: -ej

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

• bejçe
• bejlereshë
• bejlurçinë
• bejllëk

Related terms

• allajbe
• begzade
• bejlerbej
• sanxhakbej
• Skënderbej

References

• “be/j,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 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

• beu on the Albanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sq

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛj/, [bej]

Noun

bej m inan

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Northern Kurdish

Noun

bej ?

1. earth
2. continent

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

bej

Wikipedia ^pl

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

Declension of bej

	singular	plural
nominative	bej	beje
genitive	beja	bejów/bei
dative	bejowi	bejom
accusative	beja	bejów/bei
instrumental	bejem	bejami
locative	beju	bejach
vocative	beju	beje

Further reading

• bej in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bej in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pumpokol

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to Pumpokol baj (“wind”).

Noun

bej (VW.)

1. spirit
2. noise

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2005), “bej”, in Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 179

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beʒ/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeʒ/

• Audio:

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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	gök, mavi	lacivert
eflatun; mor	pembe; mor	yavruağzı

Zaniza Zapotec

Noun

bej

1. moon