Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

atabegate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: atabegate
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The realm administered by an atabeg.

noun

The office of atabeg, in his role as tutor to a crown prince or as warlord.

Example Sentences

"Zangī's southward advance threatened both the atabegate of Damascus and the kingdom of Jerusalem, and was met by an informal alliance between the two."
"The Transjordanian highlands north of Bilad al-Sharat—the Balqa and the Sawad—remained part of the Burid atabegate of Damascus."
"While the sultan thus hoped to retain the nominal allegiance of the great amīrs through the atabegate, they, on the other hand, saw in it a means to establish their virtual independence."
"A closer parallel was the atabegate in the powerful medieval Turkish dynasty of the Seljuks, centered in Iran. The atabeg (Turkish for "father-governor") was the Seljuk possessor of the lala; in fact, the Ottomans sometimes used the two terms interchangeably."

Etymology

From atabeg + -ate.

Inflected Forms

atabegates (plural)

Synonyms

governorate province emirate

Questions

What does atabegate mean?: The realm administered by an atabeg.
Where does atabegate come from?: From atabeg + -ate.

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