Meanings
plural sanjakbeys · alternative sanjak-bey · alternative sanjak bey · alternative sanjakbeg · alternative senjacbey · alternative zanziacbeg
- historicalAn official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
...last of all the Beglerbegs, and Zanziacbegs...
1589, R. Hakluyt, translation in The Principal Navigations..., p. 1701 more example
It was reported to vs from the campe they were .iii. seniacboys, yt is to saye grete seneshalles or stuardes.
1524, Robert Copland, translating J. de Bourbon as The Begynnynge and Foundacyon of the Holy Hospytall, sig. CivSynonyms: mutasarrif, prefect, governor, sanjak, kaymakam
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak.
Origin
- Ottoman Turkishسنجاقبكی
- Englishsanjakbey
From Ottoman Turkish سنجاقبكی (sancakbeyi), from سنجاق (“sanjak, banner”) + بك (“bey, ruler”) + ـی (“possessive”).
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Polish sandżakbej
- sandżakbejTranslations
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