atabey

English

Etymology

From an alternate romanization of medieval Turkish atabeg.

Noun

atabey (plural atabeys)

  1. (historical) Alternative spelling of atabeg
    • 1997, Jahangir Zeynaloglu, A Concise History of Azerbaijan, p. 27:
      The new Turkic government in Azerbaijan was called the Atabey Government or State. Atabey means the father of beys (nobility title) in Azerbaijani.
    • 2010, Avner Falk, Franks and Saracens: Reality and Fantasy in the Crusades, p. 121:
      The Turkish title of atabeg (also atabek or atabey), meaning "father prince", was a hereditary title of the Turkish nobility.
    • 2014, Ismail bey Zardabli, The History of Azerbaijan, p. 166:
      ... finally the atabey of Persia, Zengi, who was the vassal of Jahan Pahlevan, arrested prince Muhammed and gave him to the great atabey of Azerbaijan.

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