birey

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish virrey.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾej/ [ˈbi.ɾɛɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -iɾej
• Syllabification: bi‧rey

Noun

birey (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜌ᜔)

1. viceroy

Related terms

• bireyna

Further reading

• “birey”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir берәү (berəw), Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”), Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”), Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biɾej]

• Audio:

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Noun

birey (definite accusative bireyi, plural bireyler)

1. individual

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	birey
Definite accusative	bireyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	birey	bireyler
Definite accusative	bireyi	bireyleri
Dative	bireye	bireylere
Locative	bireyde	bireylerde
Ablative	bireyden	bireylerden
Genitive	bireyin	bireylerin