beglerbeg

noun

beg·​ler·​beg

ˈbe-glər-ˌbeg

variants or less commonly beglerbey

ˈbe-glər-ˌbā

or beylerbey

ˈbā-lər-ˌbā

plural -s

: a governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire next in dignity to the grand vizier

Word History

Etymology

Turkish beylerbeyi, from beylre- (plural of bey prince) + bey + -i (possessive suffix)

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