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bek.

back, (in some team sports, a position behind most players on the team)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɛk/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbɛk̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. back, (in some team sports, a position behind most players on the team)

Where this word comes from

From Dutch back, from English back, from Middle English bak, from Old English bæc, from Proto-Germanic *baką, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰogo (literally “bending”).

noun/ˈbɛk/Standard-Indonesian[ˈbɛk̚]Standard-Indonesian
  1. chief of a village

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Unknown, probably from Dutch beg, from Ottoman Turkish بك (beg), from Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g² /⁠bég⁠/, “chief, titled man”).

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