The story
- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromسنجاقبكی
- English todaysanjakbey
From Ottoman Turkish سنجاقبكی (sancakbeyi), from سنجاق (“sanjak, banner”) + بك (“bey, ruler”) + ـی (“possessive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sanjakbey
Today it means: An official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak. Full definition →
Ottoman Turkish سنجاقبكی