# бек
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛk]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

бек • (bek) m
* (sports) back, fullback
** (soccer) (the position of) defender

#### Declension
### References

* “бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “бек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | بەك |
| Cyrillic | бек |
| Latin | bek |
| Yañalif | ʙek |

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”).
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Turkish pek (“much, very”), etc.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲe̞kʰ]
* Hyphenation: бек

#### Adverb

бек • (bek)
* firmly, very

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bēg (“lord”). Doublet of би (bi). Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲe̞kʰ]
* Hyphenation: бек

#### Noun

бек • (bek)
* (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
* Turkish or Persian chieftain

## Kumyk
### Adverb

бек • (bek)
* very
    Synonyms: кёп (köp), оьтесиз (ötesiz)

## Kyrgyz
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *bek.

#### Adverb

бек • (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)
* firm

#### Adjective

бек • (bek)
* firm

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

#### Noun

бек • (bek) (Arabic spelling بەك)
* (title) bey, beg, bek, master (component of many male proper names)
* Turkish or Persian chieftain

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English back.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɛk]
* Rhymes: -ɛk
* Homophone: бег (beg)

### Noun

бек • (bek) m (plural бекови)
* (sports) back (a position behind most players on the team)

## Nogai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek. Cognates with Turkish pek, bek.

### Adverb

бек • (bek)
* very, much

### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 323
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg, “lord”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bʲek]
* Homophones: бег

### Noun

бек • (bek) m anim (genitive бе́ка, nominative plural бе́ки, genitive plural бе́ков)
* (title) bey, beg, bek, master
* Turkish or Persian chieftain

#### Usage notes

Used like Mr. with Turkish and some Persian names. As a title, used with the first name only. It follows the name and is attached by a hyphen: Ибрагим-бек (Ibrahim bey).

#### Declension
## Southern Altai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bek (“firm, solid, stable”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bek, “firm, solid; very”); Uyghur بەك (bek, “very”), Bashkir бик (bik, “very”), Turkish pek (“much, very”), etc.

### Adverb

бек • (bek)
* firm

### Adjective

бек • (bek)
* firm

### References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бек”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN