atabey
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an alternate romanization of medieval Turkish atabeg.
Noun
[edit]atabey (plural atabeys)
- (historical) Alternative spelling of atabeg
- 1997, Jahangir Zeynaloglu, A Concise History of Azerbaijan, page 27:
- The new Turkic government in Azerbaijan was called the Atabey Government or State. Atabey means the father of beys (nobility title) in Azerbaijani.
- 2014, Ismail bey Zardabli, The History of Azerbaijan, page 166:
- ... finally the atabey of Persia, Zengi, who was the vassal of Jahan Pahlevan, arrested prince Muhammed and gave him to the great atabey of Azerbaijan.