𐰋𐰏

bäg

Meaning:
lord

Word family

In modern languages

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen -
Turkish (Azerbaijan) bəy
Turkish (Türkiye) bey
Salar beğ
Gagauz bey
Crimean -
Uyghur bek
Uzbek beg
Kazakh biy
Nogai biy
Siberian Tatar -
Kyrgyz bek
Altai bek
Alan -
Kumyk -
Tatar bək
Bashkir bey, bək
Tıva -
Khakas -
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) -
Khalaj -
Chuvash păj

Examples

Irıq Bitig
1
Bilgä Qagan
1
Kül Tegin
2
E1: Uyuq Tarlaq
1

Translations

German:
Herr
Kazakh:
bek
Kyrgyz:
bek
Russian:
правитель, вождь, бек, князь, господин
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
bəy
Turkish (Türkiye):
bey
Turkmen:
beg
Uzbek:
beg
  • Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь p. 98
    BEG I 1. правитель, вождь, бек, князь; господин; 2. муж, супруг.
  • Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish p. 322
    be:g