Definitions
1.NounA lieutenant or deputy in various Turkish contexts, particularly
An Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
An Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
An Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
A lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
Synonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
An Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
A local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.
2.NounAn Ottoman official who acted as grand vizier and governor of Constantinople during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
3.NounAn Ottoman official who acted as beylerbey of Egypt between regular appointments.
4.NounAn Ottoman official who acted as hospodar of Moldavia or Wallachia during any absence or illness of the incumbent.
5.NounA lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman or early Turkish army, replaced by the rank of yarbay.
6.NounSynonym of sanjakbey during the mid-19th century.
7.NounAn Ottoman official who oversaw a kaza during the late 19th and early 20th centuries; similar positions in Ottoman successor states.
8.NounA local administrator in Turkey, Northern Cyprus, Iraq, and Lebanon.