bek

See also: bèk, bėk, bek., bək, бек, and век

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бек (bek). Doublet of bey and beg.

Noun

bek (plural beks)

1. Alternative form of bey (“Turkish governor”)

Translations

Turkic chief

Chagatai: بیک (bēk /⁠bek⁠/) Chinese: Literary Chinese: 匐 (fú) (Tang dynasty) Mandarin: 伯克 (zh) (bókè) (Qing dynasty) Kazakh: Arabic: بەك, بي Cyrillic: бек, би (kk) Latin: bek, bi Khakas: пиг (pig) Kyrgyz: бий (ky) (biy) Manchu: ᠪᡝᡴ᠋ (bek) Mongolian: Cyrillic: бэг (mn) (beg) Mongolian: ᠪᠡᠭ (beg) Russian: бек (ru) m anim (bek) Southern Altai: бий (biy) Tatar: бәк (tt) (bäk), бик (tt) (bik) Tibetan: པེག (peg) Tuvan: бег (beg) Turkish: bey (tr) Uyghur: Arabic: بەك (bek) Cyrillic: бәк (bek) Uzbek: bek (uz) Written Oirat: ᡋᡄᡎ (beg)

Anagrams

• Keb, KBE, keb, BKE, ebk

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Old French bec, from Vulgar Latin beccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛk/

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Noun

bek (plural bekke, diminutive bekkie)

1. beak
2. mouth of an animal
3. (derogatory) mouth of a human

Bahnar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːk/

Adjective

bek

1. fat

Balinese

Romanization

bek

1. Romanization of ᬩᭂᬓ᭄

Basque

Noun

bek

1. ergative indefinite of be