atabey
English
Etymology
From an alternate romanization of medieval Turkish atabeg.
Noun
atabey (plural atabeys)
- (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.
- 1997, Jahangir Zeynaloglu, A Concise History of Azerbaijan, p. 27:
Anagrams
- Abeyta