Talk:Bey

message: "Bey is a common Turkish surname." This apparently harmless statement has been deleted, whether knowledgeably or as another of those opaque Turkic "issues" I can't tell. (Is it Albanian or something?) I don't have an Istanbul phonebook. The Turkish Wikipedia returns 24 hits for "bey" out of 2012 articles. I'm at a loss. Can someone help out? --Wetman 12:05, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion

message: I moved this here, without editing: "*Bey used in The Bahamas a common slang used to replace the word boy. Often ended at the end of sentences similarly to the way "dude" is used 24.244.133.152 17:53, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bahamian pronunciation of "boy"

message: BEY (a modern Turk. word, the older form being beg, cf. Pers. baig), the administrator of a district, now generally an honorific title throughout the Turkish empire; the granting of this in Egypt is made by the sultan of Turkey through the khedive. In Tunis "bey" has become the hereditary title of the reigning sovereigns (see Tunisia).--3210 16:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica 

message: see link
The first Turkish immigration from Asia Minor took place under the Byzantine emperors before the conquest of the country. The first purely Turkish town, Yenije-Vardar, was founded on the ruins of Vardar in 1362. After the capture of Salonica (1430), a strong Turkish population was settled in the city, and similar colonies were founded in Monastir, Ochrida, Serres, Drama and other important places. In many of these towns half or more of the population is still Turkish. A series of military colonies were subsequently established at various points of strategic importance along the principal lines of communication. Before 1360 large numbers of nomad shepherds, or Yuruks, from the district of Konya, in Asia Minor, had settled in the country; their descendants are still known as Konariotes. Further immigration from this region took place from time to time up to the middle of the 18th century. After the establishment of the feudal system in 1397 many of the Seljuk noble families came over from Asia Minor; their descendants may be recognized among the beys or Moslem landowners in southern Macedonia . At the beginning of the 18th century the Turkish population was very considerable, but since that time it has continuously decreased. A low birth rate, the exhaustion of the male population by military service, and great mortality from epidemics, against which Moslem fatalism takes no pre-cautions, have brought about a decline which has latterly been hastened by emigration
The Turkish rural population is found in three principal groups: 
*the most easterly extends from the Mesta to Drama, Pravishta and Orfano, reaching the sea-coast on either side of Kavala, which is partly Turkish, partly Greek. 
*The second, or central group begins on the sea-coast, a little west of the mouth of the Strymon, where a Greek population intervenes, and extends to the north-west along the Kara-Dagh and Belasitza ranges in the direction of Strumnitza, Veles, Shtip and Radovisht. 
*The third, or southern, group is centred around Kailar, an entirely Turkish town, and extends from Lake Ostrovo to Selfije (Servia). The second and third groups are mainly composed of Konariot shepherds. Besides these fairly compact settlements there are numerous isolated Turkish colonies in various parts of the country. The Turkish rural population is quiet, sober and orderly, presenting some of the best characteristics of the race. Apostolos Margaritis 10:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The 1911 Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica about Yuruks, Kailars Turks beys and Konariotes

message: Though Effendi is a common spelling, for different reasons of which none is relevant to the Turkish /Turkic spelling, the only correct orthography since Turkish have been romanized is efendi. Korenyuk 18:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of ''Efendi'' 

message: Hi Korenyuk, I think you misconceived something. Bayan is not the feminine equivalent of Bey. Bey's feminine counterpart is Hanım and Bay's feminine counterpart is Bayan. Bey or Hanım always comes after the name, and contrarily Bay or Bayan always comes before the name. Although Bey and Bay share the same origin, we make a clear distinction between them. In this case your comparison in the article becomes wrong. Any comments welcome!
Chapultepec 22:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Bey

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Turkic isn't Indo-European, so I wouldn't ask but for the possibility of borrowing from nearby Persians or other Indo-Europeans. Is there any chance that "beylik" is, by some very long route, the same word as "bailiwick", which would make a "bey" the same thing as a "bailiff"?2604:2000:1383:8B0B:103:D4DB:AD9A:6C92 (talk) 21:16, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bailiff? 

message: Bey is clearly the same title as Baig. These should be merged. On another note, it might be moved depending on which one is more common because I'm confident "baig" is not a common spelling, and "bey" is largely used in Turkish. Aintabli (talk) 21:07, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: yes correct it should be merged Ahmadbinbilal02 (talk) 07:46, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it has been more than a month. So, no one disagrees? Aintabli (talk) 21:30, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal