bek

Japanese: bek
bek

…A title meaning "chief" or "ruler." It has various uses depending on the region and time period, and there are many variations in the word, such as bag, bek, bey, and bi, but all of them can be traced back to the ancient Turkish word bag. It is not an original Turkish word, but a loanword from other languages, and there are two theories about its origin: one is that it comes from the Persian word bag (sacred) and the other is that it comes from the Chinese word bo. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "bek" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈首長〉〈支配者〉を意味する称号。地域と時代によりさまざまな用法があり,語形にもbäg,ベクbek,ベイbey,ビーbīなど多くの変化形があるが,すべては古代トルコ語のbägにさかのぼる。本来のトルコ語ではなく,他の言語からの借用語で,語源に関しては,ペルシア語のbag(神聖な)とする説と,中国語の〈伯〉とする説がある。…

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