بیگلربیگی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic. Compare Ottoman Turkish بكلر بكی (beyler beyi, literally “bey of beys”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beːɡ.laɾ.beː.ˈɡiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.beː.ɡíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.beː.ɡíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [beːɡ.läɾ.bi.ɡí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bejɡʲ.læɹ.bej.ɡʲíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [beɡ.läɾ.be.ɡí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēglarbēgī
Dari reading^?	bēglarbēgī
Iranian reading^?	beyglarbeygi
Tajik reading^?	beglarbegi

Noun

بِیْگْلَرْبِیْگی • (beyglarbeygi)

(historical) beylerbey or beglarbegi, a medieval and early modern title:
1. In the late Middle Ages, the commander-in-chief of the royal host.
2. In the Ottoman and Safavid empires, a high-ranking provincial governor.