Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

derebey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dere-bey
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.

Example Sentences

"A separate institution in Rize from the derebeylik was the great Tuzcuoglu family which eventually was to precipitate the crushing of the derebeys as semi-autonomous local powers."

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish derebeyi, from dere (“creek”) + bey (“bey, lord”).

Inflected Forms

derebeys (plural)

Questions

What does derebey mean?: A feudal lord in the Ottoman Empire.
Where does derebey come from?: Borrowed from Turkish derebeyi, from dere (“creek”) + bey (“bey, lord”).

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